The Chinon Nuclear Power Plant (French: Centrale nucléaire de Chinon) is near the town of Avoine in the Indre et Loire département, on the river Loire[1] (approximately 10 km from the town of Chinon) in central France.

The operator is Électricité de France (EDF).

The site houses three of the first generation of French plants, of UNGG-type (similar to the Magnox design), which have now closed.

Four of the first French PWR series were later built on the site (Chinon-B1, Chinon-B2, Chinon-B3, Chinon-B4).

The site has four cooling towers, specially designed to be low-profile in order to minimise the visual impact on the Loire.