Spain has a total of ten nuclear facilities located on the peninsula, including six nuclear plants - Almaraz I & II, Ascó I & II, Cofrentes, Sta. María de Garoña, Trillo and Vandellós II - which contain a total of eight nuclear units. In 2011, the eight nuclear reactors running in Spain produced 19.64% of our electricity. It has been the source of energy that produced the largest amount of electricity and also the technology that operated the highest number of hours.
The country also has a nuclear fuel factory -Juzbado- and a low- and medium-level radwaste repository -El Cabril-. On the other hand, at the end of December 2011 the Spanish Government decided to choose the final location of the centralized repository (ATC) that will store in one single location all the Spanish spent fuel. The small town where the ATC will be built is called Villar de Cañas, and is located in the Cuenca region. This construction will bring jobs and a better economy to the area.
The nuclear power plant Vandellós I was definitively shut down by Ministerial Order in 1989, after 17 years of operation. The greater part of the site was recovered and began a 25-year dormancy period. The nuclear power plant José Cabrera, also known as Zorita, shut down on 30 th April 2006 and is currently being dismantled.
- Units in Operation in Spain
