Spain / Trillo Nuclear Plant To Apply For 10-Year Operating Extension

Reactor could potentially remain online until 2034

Trillo Nuclear Plant To Apply For 10-Year Operating Extension
Trillo-1, a 1,003 MW pressurised water reactor unit, began commercial operation in August 1988.

The operator of the single-unit Trillo nuclear power station in Guadalajara province, central Spain is to ask for the renewal of the facility’s operating licence for 10 years to 2034

Madrid-based industry group Foro Nuclear said Centrales Nucleares Almaraz-Trillo (CNAT) would submit the renewal application to the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge.

CNAT said in a statement that the request is based on the fact that nuclear power plants are a “fundamental basic technology that offer stability to the system, guarantee supply and are necessary for the energy transition”.

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