Berkeley Magnox Station

Status of nuclear power and decontamination studies in the UK is described. Commercial operation of Sizewell Unit B is planned to begin in early 1994. The Nuclear Electric strategy for the development of nuclear power is to pursue the twin Sizewell Unit C station as the next step. The Berkeley Magnox station has been permanently shutdown. At Berkeley, there are eight boilers on each reactor. Because of the massive size and volume of Magnox boilers, decontamination studies focused on tests with cheap and simple reagents formic acid was chosen due to the results of these studies. 

The first magnox stations were to be built at Bradwell on the Essex coast and Berkeley on the eastern side of the Severn estuary. The bids from the consortia were submitted to the AEA for evaluation. The successful bid for Bradwell was made by the Nuclear Power Plant Company. The AEA s remarks were ... 

March First magnox station (Berkeley) closes down. 

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