Berkeley nuclear power station

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Picture = BerkeleyPowerStation.jpg
Pic_des = Aerial picture of Berkeley nuclear power station taken in 1981.
Country = United Kingdom
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Built = 1956
Start = 1962
End = 1989
Reactor = 2
Capacity = 276
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Berkeley nuclear power station is situated on the bank of the River Severn in Gloucestershire, England. Construction began in 1956 and the power station opened in 1962. [cite web
url= http://www.niauk.org/nuclear-history.html
work= The Nuclear Industry Association
title= Nuclear energy past, present and future
accessdate= 2007-11-21] It had two Magnox reactors producing 276 megawatts (MW) in total – enough electricity on a typical day to serve an urban area the size of Bristol.cite web
url= http://www.britishnucleargroup.com/content.php?pageID=260
title= Berkeley
work= British Nuclear Group Operations Portfolio
accessdate= 2007-11-21]

Reactor 2 was shut down in October 1988, followed by Reactor 1 in March 1989. Berkeley was the first commercial nuclear power station in the United Kingdom to be decommissioned following its closure in 1989.So far the nuclear decommissioning process has involved the removal of all fuel from the site in 1992, and the demolition of structures such as the turbine hall in 1995 and cooling ponds in 2001. [cite web
url= http://www.world-nuclear.org/wgs/decom/projects/berkeley_print.htm
work= World Nuclear Association
title= Decommissioning at Berkeley Power Station - UK
accessdate= 2007-11-21] The next step of decommissioning will be the care and maintenance stage of the nuclear reactor structures until radioactive decay means that they can be demolished and the site completely cleared.

Berkeley is one of four stations located close to the mouth of the River Severn and the Bristol Channel, the others being Oldbury, Hinkley Point A and Hinkley Point B.

ee also

*Energy policy of the United Kingdom
*Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom

References

External links

* [http://www.britishnucleargroup.com/content.php?pageID=260 British Nuclear Group - Berkeley]
* [http://www.nda.gov.uk/sites/berkeley/ Nuclear Decommissioning Authority - Berkeley]
* [http://www.world-nuclear.org/wgs/decom/projects/berkeley_print.htm World Nuclear Association - Decommissioning at Berkeley]
* [http://www.sitestakeholdergroups.org.uk/berkeley/ Berkeley Site Stakeholder Group]