en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, CSN) has postponed the deliberation and vote on whether the Almaraz nuclear power plant (located in the province of Cáceres) can extend its operating license until 2030. The current schedule plans to phase out its two reactors in 2027 and 2028.

According to sources from the CSN, the issue was on the agenda for Monday's plenary session but was postponed to the next meeting at the request of one of its members. Plenary sessions are typically held on Wednesdays, but this week's was moved forward due to the schedule of the regulatory body's chairman, Juan Carlos Lentijo.

The report is expected to be studied in the coming weeks.

As the body responsible for the safety of Spain's nuclear power plants and other atomic facilities, the CSN must issue an opinion on the safety conditions that the Almaraz plant must meet to extend its operation until June 2030. The plant's shareholders—Iberdrola, Endesa, and Naturgy—have formally submitted a request to the government to postpone the plant's closure deadline to June 2030.

These three companies jointly hold shares in the plant, located in the Extremadura region. The government subsequently forwarded the request to the CSN, which is tasked with analyzing the nuclear safety requirements the facility must fulfill to extend its operating life.

Due to this postponement, the near-term future of the Almaraz plant will depend on the CSN's next meeting. The committee may reconsider the technical report during a plenary session in the coming weeks, possibly before the end of July. Thereafter, the decision will be handed over to the government, which will have approximately two months to approve or deny the extension of the plant's operating life. If authorization for continued operation is not granted by then, the owner companies will need to formally apply for the plant's closure.