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U.K. consents to Hinkley Point B decommissioning
The U.K. government’s Office for Nuclear Regulation has granted EDF Energy formal consent to decommission the Hinkley Point B nuclear power plant in Somerset, England. The two-unit advanced gas-cooled reactor was permanently shut down in August 2022, and site owner EDF applied to ONR for decommissioning consent in August 2024.
Takaaki Matsumoto
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 17 | Number 3 | May 1990 | Pages 490-492
Technical Notes on Cold Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29224
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A cold fusion electrolysis experiment using ordinary water is described. A Ge(Li) detector is used to observe signals up to ∼130 keV; these signals show the occurrence of fusion reactions in ordinary water. The mechanism for the emission of radiation is discussed by the Nattoh model.
