Braud-et-Saint Louis (33): maintenance in the Blayais Nuclear Power Plant, on May 27, 2011. The reactor n?o4 has been turned off for maintenance: the cofferdam is being lifted by an overhead crane before the unloading of uranium pencils into the cooling pond. The power plant is operated by EDF (French Electricity Board) and has 4 nuclear reactors of PWR technology, pressurized water reactors, producing 951 MW each. It is located on the banks of the Gironde estuary