X-energy’s Advanced Xe-100 Reactor Accepted For UK Generic Design Assessment
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Hartlepool
EDF Extends Operations At Four More UK Nuclear Reactors
All nine commercial nuclear plants in country have now received lifetime extensions
UK Regulator Places Hartlepool Nuclear Station Under Extra Scrutiny
Improvements needed at EDF operated facility, say ONR
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Cracking seen as main ‘life limiting factor’ in early generation nuclear plants
EDF Extends Lifetimes Of Four Nuclear Reactors At UK’s Heysham And Hartlepool
Industry welcomes announcement, but calls for more new-build
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