Ascó nuclear power plant

Ascó nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Ascó nuclear power plant is the 2nd largest of 5 operating nuclear sites in Spain, holding 28% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 85th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1984 and 1986; the median unit is 41.0 years old, the same as the median in Spain.

The 2 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 9.2 to 10.6 years (median 9.9) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Vandellos nuclear power plant (37 km), Cofrentes nuclear power plant (260 km) and Trillo nuclear power plant (274 km).

2 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 1 +12.0% and Unit 2 +12.3%.

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.