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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.
Yoichi Watanabe, Jacob Appelbaum
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 20 | Number 4 | December 1991 | Pages 615-619
Advanced Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A11946907
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A magnetically stabilized fluidized bed nuclear fission reactor (MSFBR) concept is proposed. A large number of fuel particles with 1 mm diameter containing ferromagnetic material are floated in the reactor core by balancing the gravitational force and the drag force of helium coolant flow. Superconducting solenoid coils produce magnetic fields inside the reactor core. Advantages of the MSFBR concept are its excellent heat transfer property from the fuel to the coolant and improved safety, while the bed is stabilized by the magnetic force, contrary to previous fluidized bed reactor concepts.