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The defuelling of the first reactor at the UK’s Hunterston B NPP has been completed, on time and on budget, EDF Energy reported. Reactor 3 was defuelled in 16 months and work is due to start shortly on Reactor 4.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdefuelling-of-first-reactor-complete-at-hunterston-b-11164076
Last plants due to stop generating electricity in 2028
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/agr-decommissioning-milestone-as-scotland-s-hunterston-b1-defuelled-on-time-and-on-budget-9-3-2023
Energy giant EDF says it will review the case for a "short extension" for the Hartlepool and Heysham nuclear power plants to generate beyond the current forecast of March 2024.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 29 September 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/EDF-to-examine-extensions-for-Hartlepool-and-Heysh
The terms of the 2009 sale of seven advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) nuclear power plants to EDF Energy "placed a disproportionate amount of risk for meeting future decommissioning costs on the taxpayer," the UK House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said in a report published on 20 May.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Government-committee-questions-AGR-decommissioning
A new report, “The decommissioning of the AGR nuclear power stations” published by UK's National Audit Office (NAO) examines whether the government's arrangements for decommissioning AGR nuclear power stations will lead to better value for money. The NAO scrutinises public spending to help Parliament hold government to account and improve public services.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 01 February 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnational-audit-office-looks-at-uk-plans-for-agr-decommissioning-9448573
The UK’s new funding arrangements for the decommissioning of seven of its advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) nuclear power plants could deliver savings but "financial risks" remain and its success "will ultimately depend on the relevant parties working collaboratively", says the UK spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 29 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-NAO