José Cabrera nuclear power plant

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José Cabrera nuclear power plant
Zorita NPP
Country	Spain
Owner	Union Fenosa Generation S.A.
Built	1964
Start of commercial operation	August 13, 1969
Ceased operation	April 30, 2006
Reactors
Reactors shut down	1 (150 MW)
Power
Capacity	MW
Total power generation in 2006	392 GWh
Average annual generation (last 5 yrs)	935 GWh
Net generation	34,628 GWh
Other details
As of August 1, 2007

José Cabrera nuclear power plant (also known as José Cabrera in English^{[citation needed]} or Zorita^[1]) is a nuclear power station in Almonacid de Zorita, 70 kilometers (45 miles) east of Madrid, Spain.

The power plant consists of a single PWR of 160MWe. Construction began in 1964, and commercial operation in 1968. The reactor is due to be dismantled in 2006.

Central nuclear José Cabrera is the plant name in Spanish, and the name of a 1969 documentary film concerning the plant.

1 2003 incident
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 2003 incident

The Nuclear Safety Council has investigated the plant's deficient security system and a missing screw that prevented the reactor from resuming operations after a month-long refueling operation in December 2003.