Ascó Nuclear Power Plant

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.

Ascó Nuclear Power Plant
View of the cooling tower of the Ascó nuclear power plant
Official name	Central nuclear de Ascó
Country	Spain
Coordinates	41°12′0″N 0°34′10″E
Status	Operational
Construction began	1971
Commission date	December 10, 1984 (1984-12-10)
Owner	Endesa
Operator	Asociación Nuclear Ascó-Vandellòs (ANAV) A.I.E. (ENDESA/ID)
Power generation
Units operational	2 totaling 2060 MW
Nameplate capacity	1,988 MW
Annual net output	15,474 GW·h
External links
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It consists of two PWRs of 933 and 943 MWe.

2007 spill

An INES level 2 incident occurred in November 2007 at the Unit 1 reactor. The Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) was not advised of it 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 CSN later estimated that a maximum of 84.95 megabecquerels, or 2.3 millicuries, of radioactivity were spilled.^[2] 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", although the dose "remains very insignificant for the population in the vicinity of the plant" and for workers "in terms of dose, [was] below the legal limits". An investigation was opened and the director of the plant was fired.^[3]

See also

• Energy portal
• Nuclear technology portal

• Nuclear power in Spain