Reactor

John on January 10th, 2012

Dounreay is close to completing one of Britain’s most important nuclear clean-up tasks in the destruction of liquid metal from Britain’s experimental fast breeder reactor.

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John on November 4th, 2011

Hazard reduction on the Sellafield site has taken another significant step forward with the removal of the first batch of spent fuel from the Calder Hall reactors.

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Rolls-Royce has announced the acquisition of R Brooks Associates, a leading specialist civil nuclear reactor services business in the United States.

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John on August 19th, 2011

IAEA has published an updated reference of nuclear power reactors in the world. It gives details of power reactors operating, under construction, and shut down.

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John on July 25th, 2011

The Office for Nuclear Regulation ONR and Environment Agency have completed their initial assessment of the safety cases for the two proposed new nuclear reactor designs and have published all of the issues that still need resolving.

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John on July 12th, 2011

A clean-up operation funded by the NDA has destroyed more than half the liquid metal used as coolant in the experimental Dounreay Fast Reactor.

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John on July 8th, 2011

Oldbury Power Station’s Reactor 2 finished generating electricity for the final time on 30 June 2011 after 43 years of operation.

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John on July 5th, 2011

A vital flask to be used for the removal of the highly hazardous material from within the Dounreay Fast Reactor has been delivered, marking further progress for the shutdown of the site.

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The first UK nuclear power reactor has reached a significant milestone as the unique golf ball design reactor comes to the end of its 20 year decommissioning programme at Sellafield.

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John on April 13th, 2011

Installation of two new twenty-seven tonne nitrogen tanks for the Dounreay Fast Reactor breeder building marks another notable step forward in preparation for taking apart the redundant reactor.

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