The Spanish nuclear regulator Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (CSN) has authorised the two reactors of the Almaraz nuclear power plant to operate until 1 November 2027 (for the 1,011 MW unit 1) and until 31 October 2028 (for the 1,006 MW unit 2), setting 13 limits and condition to the extended lifetime. The shareholders of the Almaraz nuclear power plant in Spain - namely Iberdrola (53%), Endesa (36%) and Naturgy (11%) - will have to invest €400m to €600m in the reactors.
Almaraz is the oldest nuclear plant in Spain, consisting of the two reactors commissioned in 1981 and 1983 and whose operating licenses will expire in June 2020. In February 2019, the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition announced plans to close all the domestic nuclear power plants between 2025 and 2035 as part of the country's objective to generate all its electricity from renewable sources by 2050.
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