Almaraz nuclear power plant

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Almaraz nuclear power plant
Almaraz nuclear power plant
Almaraz nuclear power plant
location
Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant (Spain)
Almaraz nuclear power plant
Coordinates 39 ° 48 '29 "  N , 5 ° 41' 49"  W Coordinates: 39 ° 48 '29 "  N , 5 ° 41' 49"  W.
Country: Spain
Data
Owner: Iberdrola , Endesa , Union Fenosa
Operator: Centrales Nucleares Almaraz-Trillo (ID / UFG / ENDESA / HC / NUCLENOR)
Project start: 1971
Commercial operation: Sept. 1, 1983

Active reactors (gross):

2 (2093 MW)
Energy fed in in 2016: 15,174 GWh
Energy fed in since commissioning: 476,894 GWh
Was standing: December 31, 2016
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .
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The Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant is in the west of Spain to Caceres and consists of two pressurized water reactors of Westinghouse , each with about 1,045  MW of installed capacity. The nuclear power plant produces around nine percent of the electricity required in Spain.

history

Unit 1 became critical for the first time on April 5, 1981, Unit 2 on September 19, 1983. The Almaraz 1 power plant unit was first synchronized with the grid on May 1, 1981, and Almaraz 2 on October 8, 1983. The commercial operation began Block 1 on September 1, 1983 and Block 2 on July 1, 1984.

Almaraz nuclear power plant

criticism

The Almaraz nuclear power plant has repeatedly come under fire. The power plant is about 100 km from Portugal, so there is concern that a nuclear incident will affect it, even though the country itself rejects the production of nuclear energy. A frequent point of criticism from Spanish and Portuguese critics of the Almaraz nuclear power plant is its continued operation, although the regular end of operation was planned for 2010. However, the operating license was extended until 2020.

When a defective motor on a pump was replaced in September 2015, the new motor failed. Therefore radioactive water flowed into the Tagus. When security inspectors then carried out an inspection, the problem with the defective component was concealed from them. When they found out, they were forbidden to include it in the inspection report. So they publicly called for a new inspection - unsuccessful.

When the Spanish daily El País warned of problems with the water pumps and the cooling system in early 2016, the Portuguese Environment Agency ( Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente , APA) received an assurance from the Spanish nuclear regulatory authority that there was no danger. The cooling works perfectly. However, the Portuguese environmental party PAN called for the adoption of a resolution calling on the Spanish government to shut down the nuclear power plant, while in parliament the PSD , the left-wing Bloco de Esquerda and the Portuguese Greens expressed concerns about the security situation of the Almaraz nuclear power plant.

Data of the reactor blocks

The Almaraz nuclear power plant has a total of two blocks :

Reactor block Reactor type net
power 		gross
power 		start of building Network
synchronization 		Commercialization
of essential operation 		switching off
processing
Almaraz-1 Pressurized water reactor 1011 MW 1049 MW 07/03/1973 05/01/1981 09/01/1983
Almaraz-2 Pressurized water reactor 1006 MW 1044 MW 07/03/1973 10/08/1983 07/01/1984

See also

Commons : Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ambientalistas defendem que Portugal deve insistir no fecho da central de Almaraz , "Environmentalists demand Portuguese insistence on the closure of the Almaraz nuclear power plant" , article of March 22, 2016 in the Portuguese daily Público , accessed on March 24, 2016
  2. ↑ Ralf Streck: Portuguese fear Spanish nuclear disaster of June 14, 2016, accessed on June 14, 2016
  3. ↑ Governo recebeu de Espanha garantias de segurança da central nuclear de Almaraz , “Government receives Spanish safety guarantees for the Almaraz nuclear power plant” , article of February 3, 2016 in the Portuguese daily Público, accessed on March 24, 2016
  4. ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "Spain, Kingdom of Power Reactors" (English)