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Default Grauniad: EdF extends service life of four nuke reactors

I do hope they know what they are doing, if they have an accident of some
sort then they will be in big trouble.
Brian

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Doesn't say whether this extension has been approved by the Nuclear
Inspections Inspectorate (or whatever they're called today), presumably
so or they wouldn't have made the announcement.

The reactors a

Heysham 1 (5 yrs)
Heysham 2 (7 yrs)
Hartlerpool (5 yrs)
Torness (7 yrs)

http://www.theguardian.com/business/...tends-life-of-
four-nuclear-reactors-hinkley-point-decision

Aren't the Heyshams the ones that had cracking in the boiler spine?

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Default Grauniad: EdF extends service life of four nuke reactors

On 16/02/16 15:40, Brian Gaff wrote:
I do hope they know what they are doing, if they have an accident of
some sort then they will be in big trouble.


Well no, they wont.

Apart from chernobyl, no nuclear POWER station accident has resulted in
loss of life due to radiation.


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