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| Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant | |
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| Country | Mexico |
| Location | Alto Lucero, Veracruz |
| Coordinates | 19°43′15″N 96°24′23″W / 19.72083°N 96.40639°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1990 (Unit 1) 1995 (Unit 2) |
| Owner | Mexican Government |
| Operator | Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | Boiling Water Reactors (BWR-5) |
| Reactor supplier | GE |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 reactors |
| Nameplate capacity | 1620 MW (2 x 810 MW) |
| Annual net output | 4.782 TWh x 2 |
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The Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant (LVNPP) is located on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, in Alto Lucero, Veracruz, Mexico. It is the only nuclear power plant in Mexico[1] and produces about 4.5% of the country's electrical energy. It consists of two GE Boiling Water Reactors, also known as a BWR-5 reactor, each one with an installed capacity of 682 MW using low enriched uranium (3%) as fuel. Unit-1 (U-1) started its operation on July 29, 1990. Unit-2 (U-2) started its operation on April 10, 1995. Initial architects in 1975 for the plant were Burns and Roe Inc, and later Ebasco Services designed and supervised the project. The steam turbine and other components were manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric. The plant is owned and operated by Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), the national electric company owned by the Mexican government.
Laguna Verde has been considered a strategic facility for the National Power System (SEN) due to its high power generation capacity, lowest operating cost, and frequency and voltage regulation capacity. All the electric power generated is delivered to its single client, the National Energy Control Center (CENACE). CENACE is entrusted with planning, directing, and supervising the transmission and distribution of electric power to end users. CENACE has classified LVNPP as Base Load Power Plant since the beginning of its operations.
The annual generation average for LVNPP starting 2005 to 2010 has been 10.5 TWh, electric energy sufficient to meet the demand of more than 4 million inhabitants.
In 2020, the Ministry of Energy authorized the operating license extension of unit 1 for an additional 30 years, to a 60-year lifetime until 2050.[2]
- ^ "Nuclear Power in Mexico". World-Nuclear.org. World Nuclear Association. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
- ^ "Mexico's Laguna Verde plant relicensed for 30 years". World Nuclear News. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.