Vandellòs Nuclear Power Plant
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Vandellòs Nuclear Power Plant | |
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Country | Spain |
Operator | Hispano-Francesca de Energia Nuclear, S.A. |
Built | 1967 |
Start of commercial operation | August 2, 1972 |
Reactors | |
Reactors active | 1 (1087 MW) |
Reactors shut down | 1 (500 MW) |
Power | |
Capacity | MW |
Total power generation in 2006 | 7,023 GWh |
Average annual generation (last 5 yrs) | 7,325 GWh |
Net generation | 191,546 GWh |
Other details | |
As of July 25, 2007
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The Vandellòs Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power station in Vandellòs (province Tarragona) in Spain.
Unit one was a 508 MWe carbon dioxide gas cooled reactor modeled on the UNGG station at the Saint Laurent Nuclear Power Plant in France. It was shut down on 31 July, 1990, following a fire in one of its two turbogenerators in October 1989.
Unit two is a 961 MWe PWR. The station's owners are: 72 % Endesa and 28 % Iberdrola.
[edit] External links
- Nuclear Power Plants - Spain at the Nuclear Tourist website.
- NEA Profile - Spain.
- Vandellos 1 NPP dismantling at the level 1 (PDF, 503KB).
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