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Dungeness B nuclear power station given 10-year reprieve via BBC

Dungeness B nuclear power station is to stay open beyond its scheduled closing date of 2018, its owner, EDF, has announced. The ageing reactor, on the south Kent coast, had been due to decommission in 2018 but will now remain … Continue reading

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UK will have to gamble with nuclear safety to provide power, analyst warns via The Guardian

Safety limits of Britain’s ageing nuclear power plants may have to be extended to avoid major blackouts Britain may have to stretch safety limits on nuclear power stations to keep the lights on, warned a leading energy analyst on Wednesday. … Continue reading

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 Dungeness B nuclear plant operator wants safety limit raised via BBC News

A key safety limit at one of Britain’s nuclear power stations is being raised to allow the life of the reactor to be extended, the BBC has learned. The regulator has agreed to increase the amount of weight graphite bricks … Continue reading

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Nuclear power station has been leaking radioactive waste ‘for months’, says Environment Agency via Mail online

Dungeness B in Kent has been leaking more than agreed levels of Tritium But the variant of hydrogen has not seeped into domestic water supply Even if it had, the levels detected would pose no danger to the public A … Continue reading

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