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Trillo nuclear power plant

Trillo nuclear power plant is a nuclear power station in Spain with 1 operating unit totalling 1,066 MW gross. The site has 2 units on record in total.

Operating4Retired1circle area ∝ site capacity Coastlines, borders and lakes: Natural Earth (1:10 million, public domain), which is generalised, so a coastal plant can sit a couple of kilometres off its true shoreline. Site positions: Global Nuclear Power Tracker.
Units on record
2
Operating
1
Operating capacity
1,066MW
Country

Units

UnitStatusTypeModelGross MWOnline
Unit 1 Operating PWR PWR 3 Loop 1,066 1988
Unit 2 Cancelled PWR - 1,000 -

Unit by unit

Each unit's rating, type and milestone dates as recorded by the Global Nuclear Power Tracker, with any correction we made to it. A dash or "not disclosed" means the source does not give the value.

Trillo nuclear power plant 1 Operating

Reactor typePressurised water reactor (PWR)
ModelPWR 3 Loop
Size classLarge
Gross capacity1,066MW
Net capacity1,003MW
Thermal output3,010MWt
Enrichment3–5% U-235
NSSS vendornot on record
OwnerNuclenor100%
Iberdrola
Gas Natural
Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico
OperatorCentrales Nucleares Almaraz-Trillo
Construction start17 Aug 1979
First criticality14 May 1988
Grid connection23 May 1988
Commercial operation6 Aug 1988

Live status, outage record and fuel chain for Trillo nuclear power plant 1

Trillo nuclear power plant 2 Cancelled

Reactor typePressurised water reactor (PWR)
Modelnot disclosed
Size classLarge
Gross capacity1,000MW
Net capacitynot disclosed
Thermal outputnot disclosed
Enrichment3–5% U-235
NSSS vendornot on record
Cancelled1994
Milestonesno dates on record

Trillo nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Trillo nuclear power plant is the 5th largest of 5 operating nuclear sites in Spain, holding 14% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 144th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating unit started up in 1988; the unit is 38.0 years old, younger than the median of 41.0 in Spain.

The one unit with both construction and grid dates on record took 8.8 years 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 Cofrentes nuclear power plant (213 km), Ascó nuclear power plant (274 km) and Almaraz nuclear power plant (279 km).

The current net rating of Unit 1 differs from its design net capacity by +1.3% (990 MW at design, 1,003 MW now).

Build time by unit

UnitConstruction startGrid connectionYearsFleet median, same decade
Unit 1197919888.87.3 (1980s)

Nearest tracked nuclear sites

SiteCountryDistanceOperating GW gross
Cofrentes nuclear power plantSpain213 km1.1
Ascó nuclear power plantSpain274 km2.1
Almaraz nuclear power plantSpain279 km2.1

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.

Site detail
LocationCastilla-La Mancha, Spain
Coordinates40.7016, -2.6227
Elevationabout 850 mabove sea level
SettingAbout 230 km from the sea
RegionSouthern Europe
Units by status
Operating: 1
Cancelled: 1

Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.

Owners & operators
Owners
Iberdrola
Gas Natural
Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico
Nuclenor
Operators
Centrales Nucleares Almaraz-Trillo

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