On the afternoon of 24 November, an accident took place at the Ascó nuclear power plant in Tarragona, where one person died and at least three were slightly injured. The Generalitat fire and the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) have reported that "it has nothing to do with radiological activity". During the maintenance of workers in the fire system there has been a carbon dioxide leak (CO2 is used to extinguish fire because water cannot be used). The environmental and antinuclear group Eguzki denounced in a statement that accidents at nuclear power plants should be avoided "at all costs" and recalled that "the fundamental priority" should be the safety of the population and workers. They have also offered "solidarity and support" to the relatives of the victim, who died in the accident.

The deceased man is a fire station, which has an emergency team, according to the Basque Department of Security. According to the Catalan newspaper El Periódico, a worker has alerted the external emergency services of the accident, which had not yet been notified by the emergency center. The fire brigade of the Generalitat, the Mossos d'Esquadra, the Civil Guard, and the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) knew nothing. Sources from the nuclear power plant have explained to this environment that, at first, the emergency equipment of the power plant has been involved in the accident and that they have asked for foreign aid. The Valencian union of the CNT has on Twitter denounced that the central Ascó does not comply with the necessary security measures.

Call for security measures to dismantle Garoña

The Eguzki Group has also called for “security measures” to be ensured in the dismantling of the Garoña nuclear power plant. In particular, the group has submitted allegations in the process of dismantling the Burgese power plant Garoña, located on the border with Álava. In fact, in March the project of phase 1 of the dismantling of the nuclear power plant was published in the Official State Gazette, but Eguzki has called for “transparency and information”: “This project did not contemplate the implementation of safety measures or safety risks, nor the experience in other nuclear power plants, nor the relationship of dismantling operations with the risk of damage to human health and the environment.” They also called for the development of a plan to revitalize the area and establish a plan for urban regeneration."