Jaragua abandoned nuclear plant, Cienfuegos

In 1976, Cuba and the Soviet Union decided to build and co-manage a nuclear power plant in Juragua. This project was never completed and the work is still ongoing, or rather abandoned. This project should produce 2 reactors of 440 megawatts, expected to cover 15% of Cuba's energy needs, heavily dependent on imported oil. But as the project is located within 300 km from the Florida Keys, the U.S. worried and strongly opposed to the project.

The work began seriously in 1983, but in 1992, with the breakup of the USSR and Cuba's economic difficulties, the project was stopped while the first reactor was completed at 90% yet!