Lemóniz Nuclear Power Plant is an unfinished nuclear power plant in Lemoiz , in the Basque province of Bizkaia , Spain . Its construction stopped in 1983 when the Spanish nuclear power expansion program was cancelled following a change of government. Its two PWRs , each of 900 MWe, were almost complete but were never operated.
14-632: Conflict concerning the Lemóniz Nuclear Power Plant was one of the major anti-nuclear issues in the 1970s and 1980s in Spain. It faced major opposition from the Basque anti-nuclear movement and the Basque armed separatist organization ETA . The building of the power station was opposed by ETA , a Basque separatist organisation proscribed as a terrorist group by the Spanish government. The first attack on
28-524: A nuclear storage facility will be built according to the Spanish secretary of State for the EU Jorge Toledo Albiñana , stating work will start regardless of Portugals complaints, and uranium bars that will remain radioactive for the next 300 years will be stored on site. Jorge Toledo Albi%C3%B1ana Jorge Toledo Albiñana (born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein , Germany , on 21 September 1964)
42-719: Is a Spanish diplomat who has served as the European Union ambassador to China since September 2022. He previously served as Spain's ambassador to Japan , and as Secretary of State for the European Union . Graduated in Law from the University of Zaragoza , he entered the Diplomatic Career in 1989. He has been assigned to the Spanish diplomatic representations in India and Japan . He
56-480: The electricity market , no new nuclear power plant has been planned in Spain. The unresolved question of long-term disposal of high-level radioactive waste has been a contentious issue. Compared to other European Union countries, Spanish citizens generally show more negative attitudes towards the use of nuclear power. As of 2017 Spain has extended the life of the Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant and
70-417: The Basque province of Vizcaya was one of the major anti-nuclear issues in the 1970s and 1980s. Influenced by the terrorist group ETA , who killed some workers, including the industrial engineer José María Ryan , the socialist government approved a moratorium in late March 1984, and ultimately only ten of the 37 originally planned commercial nuclear reactors were built in Spain. Since the liberalisation of
84-677: The Secretary General for European Affairs and in 2005 he was appointed Director of the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for the European Union . From July 2008 to September 2011 he was Ambassador of Spain in Senegal , being appointed as Ambassador in the Special Mission for Bilateral Affairs of the European Union. He was the architect of the negotiation that led to the adoption of the rule concerning
98-433: The Spanish and Basque autonomous government. In May 1982 ETA assassinated Ángel Pascual, who had taken over the responsibilities from Ryan as chief project engineer. Following the Spanish general election of a PSOE government, in 1984 a moratorium on new nuclear power plants was put in place for the whole country, affecting Lemóniz as well, which at that point was virtually ready to run. The moratorium put an official end to
112-717: The blocking minority in the Council's votes in the EU Treaties . Until 2 December 2016 he was an advisor in the Cabinet of the Presidency of the Government, with the position of Director of the Department of European Affairs and G20 . In the Council of Ministers of 2 December 2016 he was appointed Secretary of State for the EU, a position he held until 28 July 2017, when the said secretariat of state
126-449: The facility, which set back construction. On 3 June 1979, the anti-nuclear activist Gladys del Estal from Donostia died after being hit by a bullet from the police force Guardia Civil during a demonstration in Tudela ( Navarra ) on the international day of action against nuclear power. Ten days later, on 13 June, ETA managed to get another bomb into the works on the facility, this time in
140-496: The power station, José María Ryan , from Bilbao. Although a large demonstration was held in Bilbao for the release of the engineer, ETA killed Ryan after a week passed, causing an outcry and the first anti-ETA strike. However, by February 1982, a combination of factors brought construction to a halt. Stumbling blocks included popular doubts over the plant's safety and the interests behind it, ETA's violent action, and differing approaches of
154-597: The project. Anti-nuclear movement in Spain The late 1950s and early 1960s saw a strong push from the Spanish Government to establish a national nuclear power industry. In response to the surge in nuclear power plant plans, a strong anti-nuclear movement emerged in 1973, which ultimately impeded the realisation of most of the projects. Conflict concerning the Lemóniz Nuclear Power Plant in
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#1733085023801168-433: The site took place on 18 December 1977, when an ETA commando unit attacked a Guardia Civil post guarding the station. One of the cell members, David Álvarez Peña, was injured in the attack and died a month later. On 17 March 1978, ETA planted a bomb in the reactor of the station, causing the death of two workers (Andrés Guerra and Alberto Negro), and wounded another two. The explosion also caused substantial material damage to
182-403: The turbine area. The explosion caused the death of another worker, Ángel Baños. Meanwhile, numerous demonstrations, activities and festivals attended by thousands were being held across the southern Basque Country by ecologists and left leaning groups to demand the closure of the station. The escalation of ETA's actions came to a head on 29 January 1981, when they kidnapped the chief engineer of
196-749: Was a technical advisor in the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and in the General Subdirectorate of Industrial, Energy, Transportation and Communications Affairs, and advisory member in the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Foreign Policy and in the Organizing Committee of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union . He has been Head of the Technical Office of
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