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• Spanish reactors hit by series of incidents

  [Reuters, 26 August] Spain's nuclear safety regulator, the Nuclear Safety Council ( Consejo De Seguridad Nuclear , CSN) has called for a meeting of the country's nuclear power plant operators following a series of incidents. On Monday, the Garona plant was taken offline following an error in work on high-voltage installations which automatically shut down the plant, which has now been restarted. The previous day, unit two of the Vandellos plant automatically shut down when equipment related to its generators caught fire. The reactor will remain offline until the full extent of the damage has been assessed. In a statement, the CSN said it had "decided to call a meeting of the liaison committee, in which owners of all nuclear assets are represented, to follow up on the latest incidents in the plants and analyse the operators' action plans." The latest incidents came just days after the CSN delivered its opinion on the failings that led to a small release of radioactive particles from the Ascó plant in April to government. Posted Aug 26 2008, 12:21 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Spain, outages

• Sanctions proposed for Ascó emission

  The Spanish nuclear safety regulator has delivered its opinion on the failings that led to a small release of radioactive particles in April this year to government. It has proposed sanctions for four 'major' and two 'minor' transgressions. Posted Aug 18 2008, 10:27 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Spain, ASCO

• Ensa and TR unite to supply heat exchangers

  Two Spanish companies - Equipos Nucleares SA (Ensa) and Tecnicas Reunidas (TR) - have agreed to collaborate in the supply of heat exchangers for nuclear and thermal power plants worldwide. Posted Jul 31 2008, 11:06 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Spain, Equipos Nucleares SA

• Spanish firms target Chinese market

  Four Spanish companies have formed a joint venture specifically targeted at supplying products and services to the Chinese nuclear power market. Posted Jul 17 2008, 11:04 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: China, Spain

• Zapatero vows nuclear energy cuts in Spain

  [AFP, 9 January] Spain's prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, has promised that if he is re-elected on 9 March he will reduce the country's dependence on nuclear power. Speaking at an economic forum in Madrid, he said: "My position is not to increase nuclear energy in our country but rather to progressively reduce it and to make a collective effort in favour of renewable energy." Posted Jan 10 2008, 07:50 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Spain