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BE to extend life of 2 nukes

Posted: 17 Dec 2010, 17:53
by raspberry-blower
Power firm British Energy today announced plans to extend the life of two of the UK's nuclear power stations for a further five years.

The Hartlepool and Heysham 1 plants have been dogged by output issues in recent years but British Energy (BE), owned by French company EDF Energy, said the reactors had passed a technical and economic evaluation.
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The phase out of the UK's AGR fleet will take longer than expected non shock

Posted: 17 Dec 2010, 19:04
by biffvernon
I guess not closing the nukes as had been planned will be what keeps the lights on. Where's that graph you did ages ago, Chris, that showed the planned closure schedule?

Posted: 18 Dec 2010, 16:17
by RenewableCandy
Erm that presupposes that they actually work. Haven't they spent rather a long time hors de combat of late?