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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
‘Hazardous’ facility at UK nuclear site dates back to 1950s
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 17 August 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/work-begins-to-remove-historic-radioactive-waste-from-ageing-silo-8-3-2023
Radioactive waste from underground vaults at the UK’s closed Berkeley NPP has been transferred using a concrete box to an interim on-site storage facility. Magnox Ltd described the event as a landmark for its mission to clean former UK civil nuclear sites. It involved both development of a new waste storage package and innovative waste retrieval techniques.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 21 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-concrete-box-of-radioactive-waste-safely-transferred-from-berkeley-npp-10531964
The first concrete box containing radioactive waste from underground vaults at the shut down Berkeley nuclear power plant in the UK has been transferred to an interim on-site storage facility, Magnox Ltd announced.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 19 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Transfer-of-waste-from-Berkeley-vaults-begins
The Unit B2 (Reactor 4) of the Hunterston NPP in North Ayrshire, Scotland, was permanently shut down on 7 January after generating electricity for 46 years.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfinal-shutdown-for-uks-hunterston-b-9388015
The UK's Environment Agency (EA) has published its assessment so far of the UK Hualong One pressurised water reactor (UK HPR1000) as it invites public comment on this proposed new reactor design. The UK HPR1000 is the Hualong One design that General Nuclear Services (GNS) - a subsidiary of EDF and China General Nuclear (CGN) - proposes to use at a prospective new nuclear power plant in Bradwell, England.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 12 January 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-HPR1000-design-opened-for-public-comment