Ascó Nuclear Power Plant
| Ascó Nuclear Power Plant | |
|---|---|
.jpg){kind=spacer} View of the cooling tower of the Ascó nuclear power plant | |
  Location of Ascó Nuclear Power Plant within Spain | |
| Official name | Central nuclear de Ascó |
| Country | Spain |
| Coordinates | 41°12′0″N 0°34′10″E / 41.20000°N 0.56944°ECoordinates: 41°12′0″N 0°34′10″E / 41.20000°N 0.56944°E |
| Construction began | 1971 |
| Commission date | December 10, 1984 |
| Owner(s) | Endesa |
| Operator(s) | Asociación Nuclear Ascó-Vandellòs (ANAV) A.I.E. (ENDESA/ID) |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 totaling 2060 MW |
| Average generation | 15,474 GW·h |
Ascó Nuclear Power Plant (Catalan: Central Nuclear d'Ascó, Spanish: Central Nuclear de Ascó) is a nuclear power station located in Ascó, Catalonia, in Spain.
It consists of two PWRs of 933 and 943 MWe.
2007 leak
An INES level 2 incident occurred on November 2007 at the Unit 1 reactor. The Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) was not advised of the leak until April 4. Although the leak happened in November, particles were not detected outdoors until March 2008.[1]
CSN initially estimated that total radioactivity detected was about 235,000 becquerels. The council operating the plant later estimated that a maximum of 84.95 million becquerels of radioactivity were spilled. CSN announced it was changing the classification of the leak from Level 1 to Level 2 because of "inadequate control of radioactive material and of providing incomplete and deficient information to the controlling body." An investigation was opened and the director of the plant was fired.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Spain nuclear plant leak below legal limit: watchdog". Reuters. April 8, 2008.
- ↑ "El CSN reclasifica el suceso de Ascó a nivel 2 en la Escala INES por suministrar la empresa información deficiente e incompleta" (PDF). CSN. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ↑ Destituido el director de la central nuclear de Ascó tras una fuga radiactiva (Spanish)
External links
- Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear profile
- Nuclear Power Plants - Spain at the Nuclear Tourist website.