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Experience on decommissioning commercial nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom

Journal Article · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
OSTI ID:426591
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  1. Magnox Electric plc, Gloucestershire (United Kingdom)

Magnox Electric is the U.K. government-owned utility that is responsible for nine commercial Magnox nuclear power stations. The stations were commissioned between 1962 and 1971, each having twin gas-cooled, graphite-moderated reactors. Three stations (Berkeley, Hunterston A, and Trawsfynydd) were shut down between 1989 and 1993, and they are being decommissioned in accordance with the preferred SAFSTOR strategy. The six reactors have been defueled, and extensive dismantling and decontamination have already been carried out.

OSTI ID:
426591
Report Number(s):
CONF-961103--
Journal Information:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 75; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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