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| Latina Nuclear Power Plant | |
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 Latina Nuclear Power Plant | |
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| Coordinates | 41°25′33.99″N12°48′24.701″E / 41.4261083°N 12.80686139°E /41.4261083; 12.80686139 |
| Status | Being decommissioned |
| Construction began | 1958 |
| Commission date | May 1963 |
| Decommission date | 1987 |
| Owners | Enel (1963–1999) SOGIN (1999–Present) |
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| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | Magnox |
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| Make and model | C. A. Parsons and Company |
| Units decommissioned | 1 x 160MWe (Net. 153MWe) after derating[1] |
| Nameplate capacity | 210MWe |
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Latina Nuclear Power Plant is a formernuclear power plant atLatina, Lazio, Italy. Consisting of one 153 MWeMagnox reactor, it operated from 1963 until 1987. A second reactor, the experimentalCIRENE design, began construction at Latina in 1972 but it was not completed until 1988 and never operated.
The construction of the power station, which was undertaken jointly bySIMEA SpA and the 'Nuclear Power Group' consortium (Backed byAEI,John Thompson,C. A. Parsons and Company,Head Wrightson andA. Reyrolle & Company) started in 1958, as a key component of Italy's nascent nuclear weapons program.[citation needed]
The first criticality occurred in December 1962, and the first connection to the distribution grid in May 1963. Commercial operation took place starting from January 1964.[2]
Originally the station was rated at 210 MWe, but the danger of significant oxidation of mild steel components by the high temperature carbon dioxide coolant required (in 1969) a reduction inoperating temperature from 390 to 360°C, which reduced power by 24%, down to 160 MWe (Net. 153 MWe).
In 1985 its license was renewed to operate until at least 1992, but after theChernobyl disaster it was shut down early in 1987 as the result of a referendum.[3]
The power station had oneMagnox nuclear reactor, supplying steam to three 70MWe turbo generator sets which were manufactured byC. A. Parsons and Company.
Graphite for theMagnox reactor core was manufactured byAnglo Great Lakes Corporation Ltd under contract fromA. Reyrolle & Company, a member company of the 'Nuclear Power Group' consortium.
Three 12-cylinderFIAT B3012ESS 1,500kW diesel generating sets were installed to provide electricity to auxiliary plant, in-case of a Loss Of Offsite Power (LOOP) event.[4][5]
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