Hunterston B (Image: EDF Energy) The Hunterston B plant in Scotland comprises two 490 MWe AGR reactors - Reactors 3 and 4. Reactor 3 came online for the first time in February 1976, was initially ...

Hunterston B (Image: EDF Energy) The Hunterston B plant in Scotland comprises two 490 MWe AGR reactors - Reactors 3 and 4. Reactor 3 came online for the first time in February 1976, was initially ...

The RSC Lancashire local section committee has arranged an educational tour of the Heysham AGR reactor. For further details (and registration) please visit: https://chemreach.science/rsc-visit Further ...

Extending the life of ageing nuclear reactors could help bridge the energy gap Published : June 5 ... Graphite is a moderator and it is fundamental to the nuclear reaction in an AGR power station.

Almost 50 years later, we were there when it became the first reactor to be fully decommissioned. Discover more brands like The Engineer. Engineering publications brought to you by Mark Allen. ... the ...

The agreement means Cavendish Nuclear will continue to provide fuel route and other services for EDF Energy’s seven advanced gas-cooled reactors (AGR) for the remainder of their operating lives ...

Westinghouse is a leading supplier of nuclear fuel, providing a uniquely diversified portfolio in the industry across nuclear reactor types, including PWR, BWR, AGR, and VVER.

Yet, across its 36-year lifetime, the nuclear fission process inside Torness’s two AGR reactors, splitting atoms and releasing the energy to superheat water and drive turbines, ...

The station houses two Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGR), which produce over 1200 MW of electricity, enough to power over two million homes. Heysham 2 Station Director, ...

French-based global power developer EDF Energy vowed to put all seven of its advanced gas-cooled reactor nuclear power ... EDF said it’s 45-year experience in operating AGR technology makes ...

Westinghouse supplied the world’s first commercial pressurized water reactor in 1957 and the company’s technology is the basis for nearly one-half of the world's operating nuclear plants.

EDF's British subsidiary announced on Thursday it expected to increase the average lifetime of its advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) stations in Britain by eight years. Skip to main content.