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 nameCentral nuclear de Ascó
CountrySpain
Coordinates41°12′0″N 0°34′10″E
StatusOperational
Construction began1971
Commission dateDecember 10, 1984 (1984-12-10)
Owner(s)Endesa
Operator(s)Asociación Nuclear Ascó-Vandellòs (ANAV) A.I.E. (ENDESA/ID)
Power generation
Units operational2 totaling 2060 MW
Annual net output15,474 GW·h
External links
CommonsRelated media on Commons

It consists of two PWRs of 933 and 943 MWe.

2007 leak

An INES level 2 incident occurred on 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]

See also

References
  1. "Spain nuclear plant leak below legal limit: watchdog". Reuters. April 8, 2008.
  2. "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.
  3. Destituido el director de la central nuclear de Ascó tras una fuga radiactiva (in Spanish)
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