Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Station (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant is located on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, in Alto Lucero, Veracruz, Mexico. It is the largest nuclear power plant in Mexico and produces about 4.5% of the country's electrical energy. LVNPP has an original installed capacity of 1,365 megawatts. It consists of two units GE Boiling Water Reactors using Uranium as fuel. Unit-1 started its operation on July 29, 1990. Unit-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 Comisi n Federal de Electricidad, the national electric company owned by the Mexican government.