In August Hinkley Point B’s nuclear reactor ‘3’ was switched off after 46 years of energy generation. Victoria Thomas, our Hinkley Point B nuclear regulator, talks aboWhen the station was constructed, little thought was given to how the reactors would be decommissioned, which has created challenges now and for the future. There was no ‘Generic Design Assessment (GDA)’, the process we have now where we and the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) scrutinse reactor designs at an early stage. We … read more »
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