969:"Running a nuclear power plant this efficiently for over 40 years leads to changes in the reactors. Our inspections of Hinkley’s reactor cores this year show that the graphite blocks are in exactly the sort of condition we predicted they would be at this stage in the station’s lifetime. As a responsible operator we feel it is now the right thing to do to give clarity to our staff, partners and community about the future life of the station, which is why we have made this proactive decision. I would like to pay tribute to all those associated with Hinkley Point B for their outstanding professionalism and wish them well with the next chapter."
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641:(ONR) had raised concerns over the number of fractures in keyways that lock together the graphite bricks in the core. An unusual event, such as an earthquake, might destabilise the graphite so that ordinary control rods that shut the reactor down could not be inserted. Super-articulated control rods should be insertable even into a destabilised core.
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reactors, was given planning consent on 19 March 2013. A guaranteed "strike price" of £92.50 per megawatt-hour (to be indexed for inflation over 45 years) was announced on 21 October 2013. The new power station would see
Hinkley's contribution to the country's power supply rise to 7%. At the time of
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stations, a fibrous type of insulation supplied by
Delaney Gallay, part of the Lindustries Group, had been used for the first time. During pre-operational trials, before the nuclear fuel was loaded, high levels of acoustic vibration in the gas circuit were found to be damaging the insulation tiles,
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During further pre-operational testing, severe vibration of the fuel channel gags was detected. The fuel channel gags are valves which are gradually closed to restrict the flow of gas through a fuel channel in order to maintain the channel gas outlet temperature as the nuclear fuel is used up.
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the planning consent, the price for electric energy on the wholesale market was around £45 per megawatt-hour while the new power plant was expected to need earnings of £90 per megawatt-hour in order to break even.
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TWh over its lifetime. Reactor B-8 was shut down in July 2022, followed by reactor B-7 in August. EDF said that the defueling process could take a few years, then the site will be given to the
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1197:"Hinkley B: UK's most productive nuclear power plant closes"
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Offline nuclear power plant located in
Somerset, England, UK
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A comparison with
Hinkley Point A is shown below. See also
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Nuclear power stations using Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors
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The plant has operated for 45 years and produced over 300
1561:"What price nuclear power? The final hurdle for Hinkley"
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IP 12.7 bar g (183 lb/in2 g) 354 °C (669 °F)
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What price nuclear power? The final hurdle for Hinkley
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1334:"Hinkley Point B and Hunterston B return to 80% load"
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power stations being decommissioned are the adjacent
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1472:"UK's Hinkley Point B to be retired by July 2022"
1356:"Nuclear reactor cracks 'challenge safety case'"
766:Uranium Oxide slightly enriched in ceramic form
1534:"BMRS (Hinkley B T/A 8 Scheduled Closure Date)"
974:Matt Sykes, Managing Director of EDF Generation
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2667:Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment
1435:CEGB Statistical Yearbook 1979-84, CEGB London
851:Steam Conditions Turbine Stop Valve IP/Reheat
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1474:. World Nuclear News. 19 November 2020
692:comparison of Hinkley Point A, B and C
1559:Harvey, Dave Harvey (19 March 2013).
1423:Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Station
1411:. Whitehall Press. 1976. p. 104.
1282:The Times, Thursday, 13 February 1975
1001:Hinkley Point C nuclear power station
494:Hinkley Point B nuclear power station
35:Hinkley Point B nuclear power station
18:Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Station
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540:, reactor machinery was supplied by
212:Central Electricity Generating Board
2178:Nuclear power in the United Kingdom
1293:"Nuclear plant gets nod to restart"
1070:Energy policy of the United Kingdom
160:Unit B2: February 5, 1976
150:Unit B1: October 30, 1976
46:Hinkley Point B seen from the beach
2712:Sustainable Development Commission
1494:"Why close Hinkley Point B early?"
1314:EDF Energy WCM (4 December 2012).
829:Total Weight of Graphite per Core
788:about 825 °C (1,517 °F)
594:Nuclear Installations Inspectorate
526:Hunterston B nuclear power station
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2701:Nuclear Power and the Environment
2347:Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
1273:The Times, Tuesday, 30 March 1971
1251:. Industcards.com. Archived from
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1120:Public Reactor Information System
985:Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
660:reactors, each with their own 660
333:295.85 TWh (1,065.1 PJ)
299:Anglo Great Lakes Corporation Ltd
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264:Nuclear power station
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1318:. Edfenergy.com. Archived from
818:Number of Channels per Reactor
807:CO2 Channel Outlet Temperature
686:Comparison with Hinkley Point A
576:assets of Nuclear Electric and
624:Berkeley nuclear power station
516:. It was the first commercial
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2367:Office for Nuclear Regulation
639:Office for Nuclear Regulation
620:Oldbury nuclear power station
2688:Franco-British Nuclear Forum
2352:Nuclear Industry Association
2189:Energy in the United Kingdom
1387:. bbc.co.uk. 13 October 2013
1065:Energy in the United Kingdom
810:665 °C (1,229 °F)
607:MWe per reactor since 2006.
2342:National Nuclear Laboratory
886:Thermal efficiency, %
651:advanced gas-cooled reactor
580:were privatised as part of
518:Advanced Gas Cooled reactor
436:Annual net output
330:Total electricity generated
130:September 1, 1967
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2749:Power stations in Somerset
2650:(research and development)
2337:Civil Nuclear Constabulary
2131:Western Power Distribution
880:Electricity supplied, GWh
813:387 °C (729 °F)
802:12.7 bar g (185 lb/in2 g)
799:41.4 bar g (600 lb/in2 g)
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2707:Nuclear power in Scotland
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1057:Nuclear technology portal
785:Fuel Surface Temperature
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427:Unit B2: 73.2% (lifetime)
424:Unit B1: 76.4% (lifetime)
361:Units decommissioned
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2362:Nuclear Liabilities Fund
1336:. NucEngInt. 1 July 2013
714:Output of Main Turbines
351:Make and model
287:General Electric Company
181:August 1, 2022
2091:Marine Current Turbines
401:Nameplate capacity
127:Construction began
2267:NNB Generation Company
2246:Sheffield Forgemasters
2076:Geothermal Engineering
1633:Electricity generation
1540:. ELEXON. 22 June 2022
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192:July 6, 2022
175:Decommission date
2297:British Nuclear Group
2272:Horizon Nuclear Power
2221:Great British Nuclear
987:for decommissioning.
835:1,891 t (1,861 tons)
832:1,199 t (1,180 tons)
741:Area of Main Station
564:It was taken over by
498:nuclear power station
338:Power generation
316:Thermal capacity
283:Reactor supplier
1003:, consisting of two
626:on the banks of the
544:and the turbines by
512:coast of south west
417:Capacity factor
143:Commission date
122:Being decommissioned
2260:New build operators
1584:BBC, 19 March 2013.
1322:on 20 October 2013.
1167:"HINKLEY POINT B-2"
1116:"HINKLEY POINT B-1"
877:Net capability, MW
864:Capacity and output
747:16.2 ha (40 acres)
680:Rolls-Royce Olympus
445:External links
306:Cooling source
99: /
2644:(fuel manufacture)
2618:uranium enrichment
2096:Mendip Power Group
1813:Rosemanowes Quarry
1637:South West England
1452:. 19 November 2020
1295:. BBC. 11 May 2007
1229:on 17 January 2014
744:8.1 ha (20 acres)
440:4802.18 GWh (2021)
200:(Unit B2 shutdown)
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103:51.2090°N 3.1275°W
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1950:Portishead B
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2526:Trawsfynydd
2501:Dungeness A
2496:Chapelcross
2491:Calder Hall
2433:Dungeness B
2236:Rolls-Royce
2126:SWEB Energy
2081:Good Energy
1478:19 November
1456:19 November
1233:28 December
995:A new 3,260
637:cores. The
378:(Reference)
254:Operator(s)
106: /
82:Coordinates
2743:Categories
2625:Sellafield
2613:Capenhurst
2589:Sizewell C
2574:Bradwell B
2556:Sizewell B
2521:Sizewell A
2399:Hartlepool
2231:Magnox Ltd
2226:EDF Energy
2111:Ovo Energy
2071:Ecotricity
1798:Geothermal
1784:Princetown
1748:Chippenham
1743:Chickerell
1450:EDF Energy
1391:20 October
1366:31 October
1259:20 October
1081:References
948:7,406.767
931:5,810.483
914:5,540.628
897:3,342.941
774:Fuel Cans
699:Parameter
502:Bridgwater
388:2 x 655 MW
381:2 x 625 MW
258:EDF Energy
242:EDF Energy
196:2022-07-06
185:2022-08-01
164:1976-02-05
154:1976-10-30
134:1967-09-01
91:51°12′32″N
2409:Heysham 2
2404:Heysham 1
2203:Companies
2023:Den Brook
1753:Cranbrook
1669:Carn Brea
1207:10 August
1181:30 August
1130:30 August
508:, on the
319:2 x 1494
237:1996–2009
227:1989–1996
217:1976–1989
94:3°07′39″W
2729:Category
2648:Winfrith
2584:Moorside
2486:Bradwell
2481:Berkeley
2474:(closed)
2462:Dounreay
2455:(closed)
2426:(closed)
2382:Reactors
2086:Infralec
2018:Delabole
1979:Wave Hub
1905:Winfrith
1887:Berkeley
1851:Proposed
1704:Plymouth
1567:19 March
1500:12 March
1360:BBC News
1201:BBC News
1015:See also
972:—
728:6 x 93.5
721:MW 1,250
635:graphite
506:Somerset
485:ST211460
385:(Design)
367:1 x 480
208:Owner(s)
72:Somerset
64:Location
2566:Planned
2516:Oldbury
2414:Torness
2285:Defunct
2210:Current
1900:Oldbury
1872:Nuclear
1768:Seabank
1763:Langage
1544:30 June
1520:Reuters
961:Closure
780:Magnox
717:2 x 660
538:Whessoe
532:History
514:England
462:Commons
450:Website
392:(Gross)
291:Whessoe
194: (
183: (
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152: (
132: (
56:Country
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2251:Urenco
2101:Npower
2066:Ecogen
2001:Active
1972:Active
1943:Closed
1914:Future
1880:Closed
1822:Future
1806:Closed
1777:Closed
1736:Active
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1684:Exeter
1662:Closed
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1299:31 May
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1689:Hayle
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874:Year
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1964:Wave
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1342:2015
1301:2007
1261:2013
1235:2013
1209:2022
1183:2022
1175:IAEA
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894:932
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1935:Oil
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