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Spain to undergo nuclear inspections

Thu 26th May 2011

Spain is to become one of many European countries set to undergo a series of tests and inspections by officials on their nuclear facilities.

European nuclear watchdogs will undertake so-called 'stress tests' on the continent's 143 reactors, to check for resilience to earthquakes and tsunamis to avert any crisis like that at Japan's stricken Fukushima plant, the European Commission reported yesterday.

The tests will also consider threats to the functionality of the plant resulting from forest fires, transport accidents and the loss of electrical power supplies.

Spain currently has 8 nuclear reactors which jointly produce around 20% of the country's energy with a further 2 'nuclear facilities', which are basically storage facilities. Spain has no immediate plans to either expand or de-commission any of the nuclear plants.

Earlier this year the government lifted the previous 40-year limit on all reactors, allowing owners to apply for license extensions in 10-year increments, which attracted criticism from safety experts and environmentalists alike.

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