Laguna Verde nuclear power plant
Laguna Verde nuclear power plant is a nuclear power station in Mexico with 2 operating units totalling 1,608 MW gross. The site has 4 units on record in total.
Units
| Unit | Status | Type | Model | Gross MW | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | BWR | BWR-5 | 805 | 1990 | |
| Unit 2 | BWR | BWR-5 | 803 | 1995 | |
| Unit 3 | Cancelled (inferred) | - | - | 1,400 | - |
| Unit 4 | Cancelled (inferred) | - | - | 1,400 | - |
Unit by unit
Each unit's rating, type and milestone dates as recorded by the Global Nuclear Power Tracker, with any correction we made to it. A dash or "not disclosed" means the source does not give the value.
Laguna Verde nuclear power plant 1
| Reactor type | Boiling water reactor (BWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | BWR-5 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 805MW |
| Net capacity | 777MW |
| Thermal output | 2,317MWt |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy |
| Owner | Comision Federal De Electricidad100% |
| Operator | Comision Federal De Electricidad |
| Construction start | 30 Sep 1976 |
|---|---|
| First criticality | 7 Nov 1988 |
| Grid connection | 12 Apr 1989 |
| Commercial operation | 28 Jul 1990 |
Laguna Verde nuclear power plant 2
| Reactor type | Boiling water reactor (BWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | BWR-5 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 803MW |
| Net capacity | 775MW |
| Thermal output | 2,317MWt |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy |
| Owner | Comision Federal De Electricidad100% |
| Operator | Comision Federal De Electricidad |
| Construction start | 1 Jun 1977 |
|---|---|
| First criticality | 6 Sep 1994 |
| Grid connection | 11 Nov 1994 |
| Commercial operation | 10 Apr 1995 |
Laguna Verde nuclear power plant 3 Cancelled (inferred)
| Reactor type | not disclosed |
|---|---|
| Model | not disclosed |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,400MW |
| Net capacity | not disclosed |
| Thermal output | not disclosed |
| Enrichment | not established |
| NSSS vendor | not on record |
| Cancelled | 2023 |
| Owner | Comision Federal De Electricidad100% |
| Operator | Comision Federal De Electricidad |
| Milestones | no dates on record |
|---|
Laguna Verde nuclear power plant 4 Cancelled (inferred)
| Reactor type | not disclosed |
|---|---|
| Model | not disclosed |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,400MW |
| Net capacity | not disclosed |
| Thermal output | not disclosed |
| Enrichment | not established |
| NSSS vendor | not on record |
| Cancelled | 2023 |
| Owner | Comision Federal De Electricidad100% |
| Operator | Comision Federal De Electricidad |
| Milestones | no dates on record |
|---|
Laguna Verde nuclear power plant in context
Laguna Verde nuclear power plant is the only operating nuclear site in Mexico on record, so it holds all of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 112th of 172 operating sites worldwide by gross capacity.
Its operating units started up between 1990 and 1995; the median unit is 33.5 years old.
The 2 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 12.5 to 17.4 years (median 15.0) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1990s is 8.0 years.
No other nuclear site with an exact position in this dataset lies within 300 km.
2 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 1 -0.4% and Unit 2 -0.6%.
Build time by unit
| Unit | Construction start | Grid connection | Years | Fleet median, same decade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | 1976 | 1989 | 12.5 | 7.3 (1980s) |
| Unit 2 | 1977 | 1994 | 17.4 | 8.0 (1990s) |
How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.
Earthquakes nearby
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| Time (UTC) | Mag | Depth | Epicentre | Distance |
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Magnitude 4.0 and above within 200 km of Laguna Verde nuclear power plant's listed coordinates, past 30 days. This is distance, not shaking: it says nothing about damage or any change in operation. Every plant.
| Location | Veracruz, Mexico |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 19.7208, -96.4064 |
| Elevation | about 15 mabove sea level |
| Setting | On the sea coast, 0.4 km from the water |
| Region | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Units by status | Operating: 2 Cancelled: 2 |
Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.
| Owners | Comision Federal De Electricidad |
|---|---|
| Operators | Comision Federal De Electricidad |
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Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
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