Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Stopped, but Operator Guarantees "Stable Parameters"
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The incident was caused by the shutdown of the main turbine. There was no impact on the workers, the customers or the environment and the unit is safely stopped.
The operator of the plant is carrying out the necessary checks to confirm the integrity of the equipment involved. Almaraz nuclear power plant is near the border with Portugal.
The plant’s technical team “is carrying out the necessary checks to start it up”.
Failure under investigation led to the automatic shutdown of Unit I of the Spanish nuclear power plant in Cáceres. APA removes impacts on the safety of people and the environment in the country.
The Portuguese agency says that it "does not have consequences for Portugal that justify additional measures to protect the population or the environment".
The Almaraz I unit stops at full power for an alternator protection. The CSN receives notification of a level 0 event. The Almaraz input activates the automatic stop of reactor 1 due to a failure in the main turbine aparece primero en Merca2.
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