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EDF planning to restart troubled Hunterston and Dungeness B nuclear reactors

Energy Reporters 21st May 2019
The Hunterston B7 reactor is now scheduled to return to service on July 31

and B8 reactor, the least cracked at the site, on June 24. Centrica has a
20-per-cent interest in eight nuclear plants, mostly built in the 1960s and
1970s, which are controlled by EDF. Centrica said it was selling its stake
in February last year.

 But since then, Hunterston and Dungeness B in Kent
have been put out of action. EDF, which is also looking to sell some of its
interest in the nuclear hubs, said Dungeness B would “continue to produce
low-carbon electricity safely and reliably for many years to come”.
The reactor in Kent on the southern English coast was shut down late last
summer for regular inspections, which identified the need for repairs on
steam pipes. EDF said it was carrying out “additional inspections and
repairs [to] put the plant in a state to deliver best-ever performance
later this year”. The restart of the twin reactors was due for September
and October, according to the French firm.

https://www.energy-reporters.com/production/edf-extends-nuclear-plant-outages/

May 25, 2019 - Posted by | safety, UK

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