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UK company Magnox wants to prolong use of aged nuclear recator

Magnox moves to extend lifetime of UK’s oldest nuclear reactor LONDON | Tue Oct 8, 2013  Oct 8 (Reuters) – Magnox Limited, the owner of Britain’s oldest nuclear power reactor, has submitted a proposal to the country’s nuclear regulator to extend the unit’s lifetime by 15 months to December 2015.

The 42-year old Wylfa 1 nuclear reactor in Wales is scheduled to shut down at the end of September 2014, but its operator has submitted a document to the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) proposing to prolong operations…….http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/10/08/britain-nuclear-wylfa-idINL6N0HY21720131008

October 10, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general