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Lemóniz Nuclear Power Plant

1978 crimes in Spain1978 disasters in SpainCancelled nuclear power stationsETA (separatist group) actionsNuclear power stations using pressurized water reactors
Terrorist incidents in Europe in 1978Terrorist incidents in Spain in the 1970sUnfinished nuclear reactors
Central nuclear de Lemóniz (Vista Suroeste)
Central nuclear de Lemóniz (Vista Suroeste)

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. 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.

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Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain
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