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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.
E. Proust, L. Giancarli, X. Raepsaet, J. Szczepanski, L. Baraer, B. Bielaka, F. Gervaise, J. Merciera, F. Vallette, L. Anzidei, P. Cecchib, S. Cevolanib, M. Gallina, L. Petrizzi, V. Rado, V. Violante, V. Vettrainob, V. Zampaglione
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 944-950
Blanket Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29465
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A blanket option featured by helium cooling and lithiated ceramics inside tubes is under development at CEA/ENEA within the framework of the European Test Blanket Program. A first conceptual design of this blanket option for a DEMO reactor has been arrived at, which exhibits good prospects for meeting DEMO requirements. Its critical issues are being addressed in an experimental programme presently in progress.
