Ascó Nuclear Power Plant
- 1,988 MW
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.
It consists of two PWRs of 933 and 943 MWe.
2007 leak
An INES level 2 incident occurred in 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
- ^ "Spain nuclear plant leak below legal limit: watchdog". Reuters. April 8, 2008.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Destituido el director de la central nuclear de Ascó tras una fuga radiactiva (in Spanish)
External links
- Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear profile
- Nuclear Power Plants - Spain at the Nuclear Tourist website.
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