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🇦🇷 Atucha

Name: Atucha
Address: Argentina

Nuclear power plant · Argentina

Operational

Capacity≈1,011 MW

Units2

First Online1974

Construction Start1968

Reactor TypePHWR

Coordinates-33.967, -59.209

Atucha is a nuclear power station in Argentina. Of its 2 recorded unit(s), 2 reactors are operational. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 1,011 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1974. Reactor technology on site: PHWR.

Reactor units at Atucha

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Atucha-1	Operational	PHWR PHWR KWU	319 MW	Construction 1968 · Grid 1974
Atucha-2	Operational	PHWR PHWR KWU	692 MW	Construction 1981 · Grid 2016

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