The Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant located in Grand Est in the Cattenom commune, France, on the Moselle River between Thionville (7 km upstream) and Trier (48 km downstream).

The creation of this lake has led to the flooding of the subterranean portions of Ouvrage Kobenbusch, part of the Maginot Line.

[citation needed] The Moselle prefect declared in late 2018, the area around Cattenom to have a very low risk of earthquakes.

[11] The station is mentioned in Shadowrun, a fictional video game in which the facility undergoes a catastrophic nuclear meltdown, resulting in the release of a massive cloud of radioactive gas.

as under direct control of mega-corporations and serving as a testing ground for the effects of radiation on the setting's magic.