Vandellòs Nuclear Power Plant
Vandellòs Nuclear Power Plant | |
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Country | Spain |
Coordinates | 40°57′5″N 0°52′0″E / 40.95139°N 0.86667°ECoordinates: 40°57′5″N 0°52′0″E / 40.95139°N 0.86667°E |
Construction began | 1967 |
Commission date | August 2, 1972 |
Owner(s) | Endesa (72%) |
Operator(s) | ANAV |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 1 x 1087 MW |
Units decommissioned | 1 x 500 MW |
Average generation | 7,023 GWh |
The Vandellòs Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Vandellòs located close to the Coll de Balaguer pass (Baix Camp comarca) in Catalonia, Spain.
Unit one was a 508 MWe carbon dioxide gas cooled reactor modeled on the UNGG reactor at the Saint Laurent Nuclear Power Plant in France. It was shut down on July 31, 1990, following a fire in one of its two turbogenerators in October 1989. Important nuclear safety functions in the plant were impaired by the fire, and the event was later classified as a level 3 event in the International Nuclear Event Scale.
Unit two is a 1087 MWe PWR. The station's owners are: 72% Endesa and 28% Iberdrola.
External links
- Nuclear Power Plants - Spain at the Nuclear Tourist website.
- NEA Profile - Spain.
- INES International Nuclear Event Scale.
- Vandellos 1 NPP dismantling at the level 1 (PDF, 503KB).
- Development, Oecd Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and (2004). Radioactive Waste Management Strategy Selection for the Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities: Seminar Proceedings, Tarragona, Spain, 1-4 September 2003. ISBN 978-92-64-01672-9.
- Duncan, Allan (2004). Strategy selection for the decommissioning of nuclear facilities: Seminar proceedings, Tarragona, Spain, 1-4 September 2003. ISBN 978-92-64-01671-2.
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