Vandellòs Nuclear Power Plant
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.
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| Country | Spain |
| Coordinates | 40°57′5″N 0°52′0″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 |
| Annual net output | 7,023 GWh |
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| Website | www |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
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 an accident that damaged one of its two turbogenerators on 19 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.[1]
Unit two is a 1087 MWe PWR. The station's owners are: 72% Endesa and 28% Iberdrola.
See also
References
- Redacció, ed. (October 19, 2014). "Fa 25 anys del greu accident a la central nuclear Vandellòs 1" [25 years since the serious accident at Vandellòs I Nuclear Power Plant]. Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (in Catalan). Vandellòs. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
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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