Magnox North Chapelcross’s decommissioning programme hit a significant milestone this week as the 50th Flask was safely shipped to the Sellafield Site in Cumbria for reprocessing.

Following formal permission to start defuelling from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) in July 2009, and the first element being removed from the reactor core just over a year ago on Monday 18th August 2009 there has been consistent progress made with the defuelling programme at the Chapelcross Site. Read it all..

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Oldbury Power Station has been given consent by its regulator, the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, to re-start Reactor 1. Read it all..

Boiler Closure Unit (“BCU”) Update – Hartlepool Reactor 1 return to service

British Energy Group plc (”the Company”) is pleased to announce that Hartlepool Reactor 1 has synchronised to the National Grid, having made engineering modifications and received the necessary consent from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (“NII”) to return the unit to service.  Read it all..