Life extensions for existing AGRs maximise today’s nuclear output
EDF Energy is very much in the public eye for its ambitious programme of building new nuclear power plants, staring at Hinkley Point in Somerset. But the company also operates a large fleet of AGR plants (and the Sizewell B PWR) in the UK, achieving record outputs from them last year, and is busy extending their operational lives well beyond the original periods. This article is from the company.
Article details
Journal title: Energy World
Publisher: Energy Institute
Keywords: nuclear energy
Countries: UK -
Organisation: Energy Institute
Subjects: Nuclear engineering, Safety, Inspection and maintenance, Maintenance, Policy and Governance, Nuclear energy research, Electricity from nuclear fuel, Nuclear fuel extraction and fuel processing, Electricity, Heat, Nuclear fuels, Uranium and plutonium
