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The APPG said in a new report supported by the UK Nuclear Industry Association that most of the UK’s commercial reactor units will retire by March 2024 with Sizewell B being the only station of the current fleet still operating in the next decade.
Without new investment, the UK will lose critical capabilities and its position as “an international leader” in nuclear technology, the report warned.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 01 July 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/parliament-group-urges-government-to-support-nuclear-capacity-replacement-in-new-report-6-3-2021
The defueling of the two plants, Hinkley Point B-1 and Hinkley Point B-2, will begin no later than July 2022, according to the French energy group.
The shutdown was scheduled for 2023, but cracks were discovered in the graphite core of the reactor. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Hinkley Point B-1 began commercial operation in October 1978 and Hinkley Point B-2 in September 1976.
Matt Sykes, the managing director of EDF Generation, said an inspection of Hinkley Point B’s graphite blocks revealed they were “in exactly the sort of condition” expected after 40 years of generating electricity. He said running a nuclear power plant this efficiently for over 40 years leads to changes in the reactors.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 21 November 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/edf-energy-announces-early-shutdown-of-two-units-at-hinkley-point-b-11-5-2020
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a consultation until 14 September on draft regulations that aim to enable a domestic nuclear safeguards regime following the UK's withdrawal from the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) as part of its departure from the European Union.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 12 July 2018
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-s-post-Brexit-nuclear-plans-face-scrutiny