Trillo Nuclear Power Plant is a
nuclear power station
A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power stations, heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a generator that produces ele ...
in
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
.
It consists of one
pressurized water reactor
A pressurized water reactor (PWR) is a type of light-water nuclear reactor. PWRs constitute the large majority of the world's nuclear power plants (with notable exceptions being the UK, Japan and Canada). In a PWR, the primary coolant (water) i ...
(PWR) of 1066 MWe. Construction of unit one began in 1979, and first criticality was on 14 May 1988.
A planned second identical unit was cancelled soon after construction began following a change of government in 1983.
See also
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Nuclear power in Spain
Spain has five active nuclear power plants with seven reactors producing 21% of the country's electricity as of 2013.
A nuclear power moratorium was enacted by the Socialist government in 1983. For a time the country had a policy of phasing ...
External links
WISE News Communique archiveJuly 21, 1995: ''Spanish banks to assume nuclear debt''.
Nuclear News Country Review: SPAIN (1994)at the
INSC website.
Unfinished nuclear reactors
Nuclear power stations in Spain
Nuclear power stations using pressurized water reactors
Energy in Castilla–La Mancha
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