The Cofrentes nuclear power plant, in Valenciaregistered this Friday an unscheduled shutdown of the reactor due to malfunction of a main turbine pump. The failed equipment is currently being reviewed.
The event It has had no consequences even for the publicneither for the installation, nor for the environment, as reported by the owner of the plant, Iberdrolato the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN).
The shutdown of the reactor occurred due to a malfunction of an electrohydraulic fluid pump of the main turbine of the centralwhich has caused its shutdown and the subsequent activation of the reactor protection system. The plant’s security systems have worked and the plant is in stable conditions, as has been notified to the CSN.
With the information available up to this point, It is classified as level 0, without significance for safety, on the International Scale of Events Nuclear and Radiological (INES). The notification to the CSN has been made following the established procedure and following the guidelines set out in Council Instruction IS-10.