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EDF wants public views on plans for Hinkley Point B decommissioning

By John Thorne Wednesday 17th April 2024 

ENERGY firm EDF is carrying out a public consultation on its plans for the
decommissioning of Hinkley Point B nuclear power station, a process which
will continue into the 22nd century. The two Hinkley B reactors were shut
down in August, 2022, after 46 years of electricity generation, but will
not be able to be removed until about 2107. EDF has since been removing the
used fuel from the reactors in preparation for the station’s
decommissioning phase, which will involve dismantling and demolishing plant
and buildings on the site. More than half of the spent fuel stringers have
been removed from the first reactor and sent on in flasks for storage in
Sellafield, Cumbria.

West Somerset Free Press 17th April 2024

https://www.wsfp.co.uk/news/edf-wants-public-views-on-plans-for-hinkley-point-b-decommissioning-680621

April 21, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | decommission reactor, UK