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UK / First Hinkley Point B Reactor Successfully Defueled As Decommissioning Gathers Pace

By Kamen Kraev
13 September 2024

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First Hinkley Point B Reactor Successfully Defueled As Decommissioning Gathers Pace
Hinkley Point B in Somerset, England, has two advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGRs) that were commissioned in the 1970s and shut down in 2022. Image courtesy EDF.
EDF Energy has completed fuel removal from Unit 1 of the shut down Hinkley Point B power station in southwest England, the first in the UK’s fleet of 14 advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) nuclear power plants at seven sites.

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