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Ascó Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear power plant in Catalonia, Spain

41°12′0″N 0°34′10″E / 41.20000°N 0.56944°E / 41.20000; 0.56944StatusOperationalConstruction began1971Commission dateDecember 10, 1984 (1984-12-10)Owner(s)EndesaOperator(s)Asociación Nuclear Ascó-Vandellòs (ANAV) A.I.E. (ENDESA/ID)Power generation Units operational2 totaling 2060 MWNameplate capacity

1,988 MW

Annual net output15,474 GW·hExternal linksCommonsRelated media on Commons

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Ascó Nuclear Power Plant (Catalan: Central Nuclear d'Ascó, Spanish: Central Nuclear de Ascó) is a nuclear power station located in Ascó, Catalonia, in Spain.

It consists of two PWRs of 933 and 943 MWe.

2007 leak

An INES level 2 incident occurred in November 2007 at the Unit 1 reactor. The Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) was not advised of the leak until April 4. Although the leak happened in November, particles were not detected outdoors until March 2008.^[1]

CSN initially estimated that total radioactivity detected was about 235,000 becquerels. The council operating the plant later estimated that a maximum of 2.3 microcuries of radioactivity were spilled. CSN announced it was changing the classification of the leak from Level 1 to Level 2 because of "inadequate control of radioactive material and of providing incomplete and deficient information to the controlling body." An investigation was opened and the director of the plant was fired.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Spain nuclear plant leak below legal limit: watchdog". Reuters. April 8, 2008.
^ "El CSN reclasifica el suceso de Ascó a nivel 2 en la Escala INES por suministrar la empresa información deficiente e incompleta" (PDF). CSN. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
^ Destituido el director de la central nuclear de Ascó tras una fuga radiactiva (in Spanish)