On Fri, 14 May 2010 16:46:17 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 14 May 2010 14:52:26 +0100, Bruce
wrote:

the budget at only the older part of
Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, is already £1.5 billion and
rising, likely to continue for at least 30 years,


Sorry, should be £1.5 billion PER YEAR and rising ...

That was not a reactor that was ever designed with decommissioning in mind.

Nor with serious power generation in mind. It was an experimental
reactor, as were all the windscale reactors, and its costs have zero
relevance to any discussions involving new reactors.


Wrong. The decommissioning includes the Calder Hall reactor, which is
an early example of a Magnox reactor. Magnox reactors were used
throughout the first generation of nuclear power stations. It is
therefore hugely relevant to power station decommissioning.

It's time to ask you where your "knowledge" of nuclear power comes
from. I'm a degree qualified chartered engineer with almost 15 years'
experience working in the nuclear power sector, up to senor management
level. You?