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Chapelcross Nuclear Power Station
Chapelcross nuclear power station is a former Magnox nuclear power plant, nuclear power station undergoing decommissioning. It is located in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Annan in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, and was in operation from 1959 to 2004. It was the sister plant to the Calder Hall nuclear power station plant in Cumbria, England; both were commissioned and originally operated by the UKAEA, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. The primary purpose of both plants was to produce weapons-grade plutonium for the Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom, UK's nuclear weapons programme, but they also generated electrical power for the National Grid (UK), National Grid. Later in the reactors' lifecycle, as the UK slowed the development of the nuclear deterrent as the cold war came to a close, power production became the primary goal of reactor operation. The site is being decommissioned by Nuclear Decommissioning Authority subsidiary Magnox Ltd. The station's fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnox Ltd
Magnox Ltd is a nuclear decommissioning Site Licence Company (SLC) under the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), a government body set up specifically to deal with the nuclear legacy under the Energy Act 2004. In September 2019, it became a direct subsidiary of the NDA. Magnox Ltd is responsible for the decommissioning of ten Magnox nuclear power stations and two former research facilities in the United Kingdom. The twelve sites are located at Berkeley nuclear power station, Berkeley, Bradwell nuclear power station, Bradwell, Chapelcross nuclear power station, Chapelcross, Dungeness nuclear power station, Dungeness A, Hinkley Point A nuclear power station, Hinkley Point A, Hunterston A nuclear power station, Hunterston A, Oldbury nuclear power station, Oldbury, Sizewell nuclear power stations, Sizewell A, Trawsfynydd nuclear power station, Trawsfynydd, Wylfa nuclear power station, Wylfa, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell and Winfrith. All the sites have ceased pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
