José Cabrera nuclear power plant

Infobox NPP
Picture = Nuclear power station in Almonacid de Zorita (Spain).jpg
Pic_des = Zorita NPP
Country = Spain
owner = Union Fenosa Generation S.A.
Utility = Union Electrica Fenosa, S.A.
Built = 1964
Start = August 13, 1969
End = April 30, 2006
Reactor =
S_Reactor = 1
S_Reactor_MW = 150
El_Prod = 392
for_year = 2006
El_Prod_avg = 935
Net_Prod = 34,628
WEBSITE =
as_of = August 1, 2007

José Cabrera nuclear power plant (also known as "José Cabrera" in Englishfact|date=June 2007 or Zorita [ [http://www.foronuclear.org/en/2004_a_year_of_nuclear_energy.jsp ::FORO Nuclear:: ] ] ) is a nuclear power station in Almonacid de Zorita, 70 kilometers (45 miles) east of Madrid, Spain.

The power plant consists of a single PWR of 160MWe. Construction began in 1964, and commercial operation in 1968. The reactor is due to be dismantled in 2006.

Central nuclear José Cabrera is the plant name in Spanish, and the name of a 1969 documentary film concerning the plant.

2003 incident

The Nuclear Safety Council has investigated the plant's deficient security system and a missing screw that prevented the reactor from resuming operations after a month-long refueling operation in December 2003.

ee also

*List of nuclear reactors
*Nuclear power in Spain
*

References

External links

* [http://www.csn.es/plantillas/frame_centrales.jsp?id_nodo=661&codigo_central=1 Plant information summary] (in Spanish).

* [http://www.din.upm.es/centrales/josecabrera.html Plant description] (in Spanish) and site photo.

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157449/ IMDB] entry for the 1969 film.