Vandellòs Nuclear Power Plant
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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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Vandellòs Nuclear Power Plant | |
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Country | Spain |
Coordinates | 40°57′5″N 0°52′0″E |
Status | Operational |
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 |
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Annual net output | 7,023 GWh |
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Website | www |
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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 31 July 1990, following an incident 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.