Vandellòs Nuclear Power Plant

Vandellòs Nuclear Power Plant
Country Spain
Coordinates
Construction began 1967
Commission date August 2, 1972
Licence expiration 2027
Owner(s) Endesa (78%)
Operator(s) ANAV
Reactor information
Reactors operational 1 x 1087 MW
Reactors decom. 1 x 500 MW
Power generation information
Annual generation 7,023 GW·h
Net generation 191,546 GW·h
As of July 25, 2007

The Vandellòs Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power station in Vandellòs located close to the Coll de Balaguer pass (Baix Camp comarca) in Catalonia, 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 July 31, 1990, following a fire in one of its two turbogenerators in October 1989.

Unit two is a 1080 MWe PWR. The station's owners are: 72 % Endesa and 28 % Iberdrola.

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