Regulator backs extension of Spain's largest nuclear plant
The plant supplies about 7% of Spain’s electricity, and owners Iberdrola, Endesa and Naturgy sought another two years of operation.
- Last Thursday, the Nuclear Safety Council backed extending Almaraz's operating life to 2030, surpassing the government's planned 2028 shutdown of Spain's largest atomic power plant.
- Owners Iberdrola, Endesa, and Naturgy requested the two-year extension last year for the site, which contributes around seven percent of Spain's electricity production.
- The CSN confirmed that Almaraz operates properly with adequate safety standards, noting reactors in Extremadura are 100 per cent fit to continue operating until 2030.
- Vice-President Sara Aagesen's team must decide by the end of October, holding final authority over the regulator's recommendation rather than being bound by it.
- Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government aims to replace nuclear energy with renewables, making the decision symbolically significant despite the technical recommendation favoring extension.
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The decision of the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) to issue a favorable report on the renewal of the operating authorization of the Almaraz nuclear power plant, in Cáceres, allows the impasse that existed to be overcome, since it overcomes one of the main ones to extend its useful life beyond 2030. The news is very important for Catalonia because the current calendar was beginning to enter a dangerous zone: the definitive cessation of operation of…
Spanish nuclear authority has approved continued operation at the Almaraz nuclear power plant in Spain by 2030 under certain safety conditions
The PSOE of Extremadura pressured Sánchez to make a decision already after the endorsement of the CSN to the extension of Almaraz.
Regulator backs extension of Spain's largest nuclear plant
The Almaraz plant, which contributes around seven percent of Spain's electricity production, is slated to close as part of the leftist government's plan to shut all nuclear reactors by 2035. But the three Spanish firms that own the site -- Iberdrola, Endesa and Naturgy -- asked the government last year to allow Almaraz to remain in service for another two years. They requested the opinion of the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN), which said the plant…
The favourable report, with conditions, reinforces the weight of nuclear power in the system and its impact on prices and employment Renewable generation exceeds 60% in June and presses down the electricity price
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