Ascó Nuclear Power Plant
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Active reactors ( gross ):
The nuclear power plant Ascó is a Spanish nuclear power plant. It lies in the east of Spain directly on the Ebro, north of the community Ascó in Tarragona. The power plant consists of two pressurized water reactors the U.S. Westinghouse Electric. The reactor Ascó -1 has an installed capacity of 1033 MW, the block 2 1035 MW. Block 1 was first critically on 16 June 1983, which block 2 on 11 September 1985. Ascó The power plant unit 1 was on August 13, 1983 for the first time synchronized to the grid, Ascó 2 on 23 October 1985.
Incidents
- In one incident on 28 November 2007 radioactive particles from a total of 84.95 million becquerels are released into the environment. The operating company has set but until April 4, 2008, the Supervisory Authorities ( " Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear ," CSN) in knowledge and also incomplete. On 15 April 2008, the incident was classified at level 2 of the INES.
- On 14 October 2009 was announced, the two emergency diesel generators for Unit 2 are due to each of a faulty component "not available".
- On 1 May 2011 it was announced that already 28 April 2011 25,000 liters of radioactive water escaped from the cooling circuit of the reactor I. The water is to eyewitness accounts have been ankle-deep in the reactor building. 14 employees had to be decontaminated. The operator Endesa reported that the contamination could be detected only at the shoes and protective clothing. The skin of the staff did not come with the water in contact.
Operator
The operator owns 85 % Endesa and Iberdrola to 15%.
Data of the reactor units
The nuclear power plant Ascó has a total of two blocks: