Asco nuclear leak

Ascó Nuclear Power Plant

Ascó Nuclear Power Plant
View of the cooling tower of the Ascó nuclear power plant
Location of Ascó Nuclear Power Plant within Spain
Official name	Central nuclear de Ascó
Country	Spain
Coordinates	41°12′0″N 0°34′10″E / 41.2°N 0.56944°ECoordinates: 41°12′0″N 0°34′10″E / 41.2°N 0.56944°E
Construction began	1971
Commission date	December 10, 1984
Licence expiration	2023 (Asco 1) and 2025 (Asco 2)
Owner(s)	Endesa
Operator(s)	Asociación Nuclear Ascó-Vandellòs () A.I.E. (ENDESA/ID)
Reactor information
Reactors operational	2 totaling 2060 MW
Power generation information
Annual generation	15,474 GW·h
Net generation	307,970 GW·h
As of July 25, 2007

Ascó Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power station at Ascó in Spain.

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.

CSN initially estimated that total radioactivity detected was about 235,000 becquerels. The council operating the plant later estimated that a maximum of 84.95 million becquerels 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.

References

External links

• Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear profile
• Nuclear Power Plants - Spain at the website.

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