Madrid, April 28, 2025 (AFP) - Spain nuclear plants in 'safe' shutdown mode after blackout

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2025-04-28

Spain's nuclear power plants automatically stopped on Monday when a massive blackout hit, but diesel generators were keeping them in "safe condition", officials said. The shutdown of the country's nuclear plants was "in line with their design" when confronted with an unexpected power outage, the Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) said in a statement. That happened when the country suffered a national blackout at 1030 GMT, halting trains, foulin......

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