BNFL
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British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL) was a nuclear energy
and fuels company owned by the UK Government. It was a former manufacturer and transporter of nuclear fuel (notably MOX
), ran reactors, generated and sold electricity
, reprocessed and managed spent fuel (mainly at Sellafield
), and decommissioned nuclear plants and other similar facilities.
Until 2003 its headquarters were based at Risley, near Warrington
, England
. BNFL's headquarters were then moved to Daresbury
Park industrial estate, also near Warrington.
On 1 April 2005, BNFL formed a new holding company and transferred all of its nuclear sites to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
. It then sold its Westinghouse Electric Company
subsidiary in February 2006. Later, BNFL sold the separate companies that made up its major subsidiary, British Nuclear Group
. By May 2009, BNFL had completed the sales of all its assets and had no remaining operational activities or businesses.
BNFL continued to exist only as a legal entity to meet all pension liabilities and any obligations arising from disposal programmes. However, on 14 October 2010, Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude
announced that BNFL would be abolished along with a number of other government organisations.
as British Nuclear Fuels plc, wholly owned by the UK government.
Under the leadership of Christopher Harding, BNFL changed. As chairman of British Nuclear Fuels, which ran the Windscale plant, he renamed it Sellafield, and, to general astonishment, decreed that instead of sullenly turning its back to the public, it should welcome them with open arms. He did the unthinkable: he opened a visitor centre.
Harding died young in 1999, but he was, in his lifetime an exceptional man: not only for his charm and his personal kindness – he was revered by Sellafield employees – but for his vision of a nuclear industry which would be better off dealing with its problems through transparency and honesty, rather than through obfuscation and deceit.
In 1996 the UK's
eight most advanced nuclear plants, seven Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (AGR)
and one Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR)
were privatised as British Energy
, raising £2.1 billion. The oldest reactors, the Magnox
sites, were not attractive for commercial operations and remained in public ownership as Magnox Electric. On 30 January 1998 Magnox Electric was merged into BNFL as BNFL Magnox Generation.
In 1999 BNFL acquired Westinghouse Electric Company
, the commercial nuclear power businesses of CBS
, (Westinghouse acquired CBS in 1995 and reoriented itself as a broadcaster). Westinghouse's businesses are fuel manufacture, decommissioning of nuclear sites and reactor design, construction and servicing.
In 2000 BNFL purchased the nuclear businesses of ABB
for £300 million. This company, which was merged into Westinghouse, had nuclear interests in the United States, Europe and Asia.
In January 2003 the research and development arm of BNFL was relaunched as Nuclear Sciences and Technology Services (NSTS).
(BNG) and a new holding company was established and adopted the British Nuclear Fuels plc name. This new BNFL operated largely through its major subsidiaries of Westinghouse and BNG as well as Nexia Solutions, its commercial nuclear technology business formed out of NSTS.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
(NDA) was established on 1 April 2005 and took ownership of all of BNFL's nuclear sites, including Sellafield
. The NDA then opened up the decommissioning of the different sites to tender in order to drive down costs. BNFL became one of a number of decommissioning contractors through BNG. BNFL's nuclear waste transfer companies, Direct Rail Services
and International Nuclear Services, were also both transferred to the NDA.
On 19 April 2005 BNFL Inc was renamed BNG America and made a subsidiary of BNG.
, General Electric
and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
and when the Financial Times
reported on 23 January 2006 that Toshiba had won the bid, it valued the company's offer at $5bn (£2.8bn). On 6 February 2006 Toshiba confirmed it was buying Westinghouse Electric Company for $5.4bn and announced it would sell a minority stake to investors.
In March 2006 BNFL announced its intention to sell BNG. With the sale of Westinghouse, BNG America and BNG this was to effectively bring BNFL to an end. Mike Parker, CEO of BNFL, said: "By the end of 2007... there will be little need for the BNFL corporate centre from this time". On 22 August 2006 BNFL announced that instead of selling BNG as a going concern it would instead sell it off piece by piece.
In January 2007 BNFL announced that it would sell BNG's Magnox
reactor sites operating business, Reactor Sites Management Company Ltd. It was later sold in June 2007 along with its subsidiary that held the operating contracts with the NDA, Magnox Electric, to EnergySolutions. All UK Magnox power stations are due cease operation by 2012.
BNG Project Services, BNG's specialist nuclear consulting business, was sold in January 2008 to VT Group
, which was itself later acquired in 2010 by Babcock International Group
.
BNG was renamed Sellafield Ltd and became the NDA's Site Licence Company (SLC) for the decommissoning contract at Sellafield. In November 2008 the NDA contracted the management of Sellafield Ltd to Nuclear Management Partners Ltd, a consortium of URS
, AMEC
and Areva
.
(NNL). In October 2006, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
, Alistair Darling
confirmed the NNL would be formed out of Nexia Solutions and the British Technology Centre at Sellafield. The NNL was launched in July 2008 as a Government Owned - Contractor Operated (GO-CO) business and managed by a consortium of Serco
, Battelle
and the University of Manchester
.
was transferred to the Shareholder Executive
in April 2008 through Enrichment Holdings Ltd while the government explored the possibility of selling the stake.
BNFL's one third stake of AWE Management Ltd was sold to Jacobs Engineering Group
in December 2008. AWE
is responsible for the support and manufacturing of the UK's nuclear deterrent.
As BNFL was wound down it was converted back to a private limited company
on 31 December 2008 and regained its original name, British Nuclear Fuels Limited. The final sale transactions for BNFL's former businesses were completed in May 2009.
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and fuels company owned by the UK Government. It was a former manufacturer and transporter of nuclear fuel (notably MOX
Mox
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), ran reactors, generated and sold electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
, reprocessed and managed spent fuel (mainly at Sellafield
Sellafield
Sellafield is a nuclear reprocessing site, close to the village of Seascale on the coast of the Irish Sea in Cumbria, England. The site is served by Sellafield railway station. Sellafield is an off-shoot from the original nuclear reactor site at Windscale which is currently undergoing...
), and decommissioned nuclear plants and other similar facilities.
Until 2003 its headquarters were based at Risley, near Warrington
Warrington
Warrington is a town, borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley. It lies 16 miles east of Liverpool, 19 miles west of Manchester and 8 miles south of St Helens...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. BNFL's headquarters were then moved to Daresbury
Daresbury
Daresbury is a small rural village, civil parish and ward in the unitary authority of Halton and part of the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is covered by the Weaver Vale constituency...
Park industrial estate, also near Warrington.
On 1 April 2005, BNFL formed a new holding company and transferred all of its nuclear sites to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom formed by the Energy Act 2004. It came into existence in late 2004, and took on its main functions on 1 April 2005...
. It then sold its Westinghouse Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC is a nuclear power company, offering a wide range of nuclear products and services to utilities throughout the world, including nuclear fuel, service and maintenance, instrumentation and control and advanced nuclear plant designs...
subsidiary in February 2006. Later, BNFL sold the separate companies that made up its major subsidiary, British Nuclear Group
British Nuclear Group
Sellafield Ltd is a nuclear decommissioning Site Licence Company controlled by Nuclear Management Partners Ltd, its designated Parent Body Organisation...
. By May 2009, BNFL had completed the sales of all its assets and had no remaining operational activities or businesses.
BNFL continued to exist only as a legal entity to meet all pension liabilities and any obligations arising from disposal programmes. However, on 14 October 2010, Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude
Francis Maude
Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he currently serves as the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, and as a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Horsham...
announced that BNFL would be abolished along with a number of other government organisations.
History
British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL) was set up in February 1971 from the demerger of the production division of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). In 1984 BNFL became a public limited companyPublic limited company
A public limited company is a limited liability company that sells shares to the public in United Kingdom company law, in the Republic of Ireland and Commonwealth jurisdictions....
as British Nuclear Fuels plc, wholly owned by the UK government.
Under the leadership of Christopher Harding, BNFL changed. As chairman of British Nuclear Fuels, which ran the Windscale plant, he renamed it Sellafield, and, to general astonishment, decreed that instead of sullenly turning its back to the public, it should welcome them with open arms. He did the unthinkable: he opened a visitor centre.
Harding died young in 1999, but he was, in his lifetime an exceptional man: not only for his charm and his personal kindness – he was revered by Sellafield employees – but for his vision of a nuclear industry which would be better off dealing with its problems through transparency and honesty, rather than through obfuscation and deceit.
Expansion
US subsidiary BNFL Inc was established in 1990 and specialised in decontamination and decommissioning of nuclear sites.In 1996 the UK's
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
eight most advanced nuclear plants, seven Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (AGR)
Advanced gas-cooled reactor
An advanced gas-cooled reactor is a type of nuclear reactor. These are the second generation of British gas-cooled reactors, using graphite as the neutron moderator and carbon dioxide as coolant...
and one Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR)
Pressurized water reactor
Pressurized water reactors constitute a large majority of all western nuclear power plants and are one of three types of light water reactor , the other types being boiling water reactors and supercritical water reactors...
were privatised as British Energy
British Energy
British Energy was the UK's largest electricity generation company by volume, before being taken over by Électricité de France in 2009. British Energy operated eight former UK state-owned nuclear power stations and one coal fired power station....
, raising £2.1 billion. The oldest reactors, the Magnox
Magnox
Magnox is a now obsolete type of nuclear power reactor which was designed and is still in use in the United Kingdom, and was exported to other countries, both as a power plant, and, when operated accordingly, as a producer of plutonium for nuclear weapons...
sites, were not attractive for commercial operations and remained in public ownership as Magnox Electric. On 30 January 1998 Magnox Electric was merged into BNFL as BNFL Magnox Generation.
In 1999 BNFL acquired Westinghouse Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC is a nuclear power company, offering a wide range of nuclear products and services to utilities throughout the world, including nuclear fuel, service and maintenance, instrumentation and control and advanced nuclear plant designs...
, the commercial nuclear power businesses of CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, (Westinghouse acquired CBS in 1995 and reoriented itself as a broadcaster). Westinghouse's businesses are fuel manufacture, decommissioning of nuclear sites and reactor design, construction and servicing.
In 2000 BNFL purchased the nuclear businesses of ABB
Asea Brown Boveri
ABB is a Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, and best known for its robotics. ABB operates mainly in the power and automation technology areas. It ranked 143rd in Forbes Ranking ....
for £300 million. This company, which was merged into Westinghouse, had nuclear interests in the United States, Europe and Asia.
In January 2003 the research and development arm of BNFL was relaunched as Nuclear Sciences and Technology Services (NSTS).
Reorganisation
On 1 April 2005 the company was reorganised as part of the restructuring of the wider nuclear industry. British Nuclear Fuels plc became British Nuclear GroupBritish Nuclear Group
Sellafield Ltd is a nuclear decommissioning Site Licence Company controlled by Nuclear Management Partners Ltd, its designated Parent Body Organisation...
(BNG) and a new holding company was established and adopted the British Nuclear Fuels plc name. This new BNFL operated largely through its major subsidiaries of Westinghouse and BNG as well as Nexia Solutions, its commercial nuclear technology business formed out of NSTS.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom formed by the Energy Act 2004. It came into existence in late 2004, and took on its main functions on 1 April 2005...
(NDA) was established on 1 April 2005 and took ownership of all of BNFL's nuclear sites, including Sellafield
Sellafield
Sellafield is a nuclear reprocessing site, close to the village of Seascale on the coast of the Irish Sea in Cumbria, England. The site is served by Sellafield railway station. Sellafield is an off-shoot from the original nuclear reactor site at Windscale which is currently undergoing...
. The NDA then opened up the decommissioning of the different sites to tender in order to drive down costs. BNFL became one of a number of decommissioning contractors through BNG. BNFL's nuclear waste transfer companies, Direct Rail Services
Direct Rail Services
Direct Rail Services is a freight operating company created by British Nuclear Fuels Limited. The company started rail operations in 1995 using five heavily refurbished Class 20/3 diesel locomotives. Since then it has expanded greatly, and has acquired many more locomotives, most bought...
and International Nuclear Services, were also both transferred to the NDA.
On 19 April 2005 BNFL Inc was renamed BNG America and made a subsidiary of BNG.
Sale of Westinghouse
In July 2005 BNFL confirmed it planned to sell Westinghouse, then estimated to be worth $1.8bn (£1bn). However the bid attracted interest from several companies, including ToshibaToshiba
is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and...
, General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
, or MHI, is a Japanese company. It is one of the core companies of Mitsubishi Group.-History:In 1870 Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of Mitsubishi took a lease of Government-owned Nagasaki Shipyard. He named it Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, and started the shipbuilding business on a full scale...
and when the Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
reported on 23 January 2006 that Toshiba had won the bid, it valued the company's offer at $5bn (£2.8bn). On 6 February 2006 Toshiba confirmed it was buying Westinghouse Electric Company for $5.4bn and announced it would sell a minority stake to investors.
Break up of British Nuclear Group
On 3 February 2006 BNFL announced it had agreed to sell BNG America to Envirocare to form EnergySolutions.In March 2006 BNFL announced its intention to sell BNG. With the sale of Westinghouse, BNG America and BNG this was to effectively bring BNFL to an end. Mike Parker, CEO of BNFL, said: "By the end of 2007... there will be little need for the BNFL corporate centre from this time". On 22 August 2006 BNFL announced that instead of selling BNG as a going concern it would instead sell it off piece by piece.
In January 2007 BNFL announced that it would sell BNG's Magnox
Magnox
Magnox is a now obsolete type of nuclear power reactor which was designed and is still in use in the United Kingdom, and was exported to other countries, both as a power plant, and, when operated accordingly, as a producer of plutonium for nuclear weapons...
reactor sites operating business, Reactor Sites Management Company Ltd. It was later sold in June 2007 along with its subsidiary that held the operating contracts with the NDA, Magnox Electric, to EnergySolutions. All UK Magnox power stations are due cease operation by 2012.
BNG Project Services, BNG's specialist nuclear consulting business, was sold in January 2008 to VT Group
VT Group
VT Group plc was a British defence and services company, formerly known as Vosper Thornycroft. The Company had diversified from shipbuilding into various engineering and support services, becoming involved in many areas of provision through five main operating groups: VT Communications, VT...
, which was itself later acquired in 2010 by Babcock International Group
Babcock International Group
Babcock International Group plc is a British-based support services company specialising in managing complex assets and infrastructure in safety-critical and mission-critical environments. Although the company has civil contracts, its main business is with public bodies, particularly the UK...
.
BNG was renamed Sellafield Ltd and became the NDA's Site Licence Company (SLC) for the decommissoning contract at Sellafield. In November 2008 the NDA contracted the management of Sellafield Ltd to Nuclear Management Partners Ltd, a consortium of URS
URS
18 Nov. 2011 Khalid AzizURS is acronym of User Requirement Specifications, commonly use when design engineers are preparing documents to obtain quote from vendors and suppliers....
, AMEC
AMEC
AMEC plc is a global consultancy, engineering and project management company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is focused on the oil and gas, minerals and metals, renewable energy, environment and infrastructure sectors and has offices in 40 countries worldwide...
and Areva
Areva
AREVA is a French public multinational industrial conglomerate headquartered in the Tour Areva in Courbevoie, Paris. AREVA is mainly known for nuclear power; it also has interests in other energy projects. It was created on 3 September 2001, by the merger of Framatome , Cogema and...
.
Formation of the National Nuclear Laboratory
In July 2006, the UK Government stated its intention to preserve and develop key research and development capabilities potentially as part of a National Nuclear LaboratoryNational Nuclear Laboratory
The National Nuclear Laboratory is a UK government-owned, commercially operated nuclear services technology provider covering the whole of the nuclear fuel cycle. It is fully customer-funded and operates at six locations in the United Kingdom...
(NNL). In October 2006, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. Its secondary title is the President of the Board of Trade...
, Alistair Darling
Alistair Darling
Alistair Maclean Darling is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament since 1987, currently for Edinburgh South West. He served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2007 to 2010...
confirmed the NNL would be formed out of Nexia Solutions and the British Technology Centre at Sellafield. The NNL was launched in July 2008 as a Government Owned - Contractor Operated (GO-CO) business and managed by a consortium of Serco
Serco Group
Serco Group plc is a government services company based in Hook, North Hampshire in the United Kingdom. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.-History:...
, Battelle
Battelle Memorial Institute
Battelle Memorial Institute is a private nonprofit applied science and technology development company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Battelle is a charitable trust organized as a nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State of Ohio and is exempt from taxation under Section 501 of the...
and the University of Manchester
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
.
Final Disposals
Control of BNFL's one third stake in UrencoUrenco Group
The URENCO Group is a nuclear fuel company operating several uranium enrichment plants in Germany, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It supplies nuclear power stations in about 15 countries, and has a 25% share of the global market for enrichment services...
was transferred to the Shareholder Executive
Shareholder executive
The Shareholder Executive is the body within the British Government responsible for managing the government's financial interest in a range of public companies. Originally established within the Cabinet Office, it has since 2004 been part of the Department for Business...
in April 2008 through Enrichment Holdings Ltd while the government explored the possibility of selling the stake.
BNFL's one third stake of AWE Management Ltd was sold to Jacobs Engineering Group
Jacobs Engineering Group
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., a publicly traded company with over 50,000 employees and 2010 revenues of nearly $10 billion, provides technical, professional, and construction services globally. Headquartered in Pasadena, California, it was founded in 1947 by Dr. Joseph J. Jacobs. Jacobs offers...
in December 2008. AWE
Atomic Weapons Establishment
The Atomic Weapons Establishment is responsible for the design, manufacture and support of warheads for the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent. AWE plc is responsible for the day-to-day operations of AWE...
is responsible for the support and manufacturing of the UK's nuclear deterrent.
As BNFL was wound down it was converted back to a private limited company
Limited company
A limited company is a company in which the liability of the members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company. Limited companies may be limited by shares or by guarantee. And the former of these, a limited company limited by shares, may be...
on 31 December 2008 and regained its original name, British Nuclear Fuels Limited. The final sale transactions for BNFL's former businesses were completed in May 2009.
Sites
BNFL formerly had operations at 18 sites in the UK:- Berkeley nuclear power stationBerkeley nuclear power stationBerkeley nuclear power station is a disused Magnox power station situated on the bank of the River Severn in Gloucestershire, England.-History:The construction of the power station, which was undertaken by a consortium of AEI and John Thompson began in 1956....
(shut down in 1989) - Bradwell nuclear power station (shut down in 2002)
- Calder Hall nuclear power station (shut down in 2003)
- CapenhurstCapenhurstCapenhurst is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England and located on the Wirral Peninsula to the south west of the town of Ellesmere Port...
- Chapelcross nuclear power stationChapelcross nuclear power stationChapelcross was a Magnox nuclear power plant located near the town of Annan in Dumfries and Galloway in south west Scotland. It was the sister plant to Calder Hall in Cumbria, England, both commissioned and originally operated by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.The primary purpose of...
(shut down in 2004) - DaresburyDaresburyDaresbury is a small rural village, civil parish and ward in the unitary authority of Halton and part of the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is covered by the Weaver Vale constituency...
- DriggDriggDrigg is a village situated in the civil parish of Drigg and Carleton on the West Cumbria coast of the Irish Sea and on the boundary of the Lake District National Park in the county of Cumbria, England....
- Dungeness A nuclear power stationDungeness Power StationDungeness nuclear power station comprises a pair of nuclear power stations located on the Dungeness headland in the south east of Kent, England.-Dungeness A:...
(shut down in 2006) - Hinkley Point A nuclear power stationHinkley PointHinkley Point is a headland on the Bristol Channel coast of Somerset, England, five miles north of Bridgwater and five miles west of Burnham-on-Sea, close to the mouth of the River Parrett....
(shut down in 2000) - Hunterston A nuclear power stationHunterston A nuclear power stationHunterston A nuclear power station was a Magnox power station located at Hunterston in Ayrshire, Scotland, adjacent to Hunterston B and is currently being decommissioned.-History:...
(shut down in 1990) - Littlebrook
- MaentwrogMaentwrogMaentwrog is a village and community in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, lying in the Vale of Ffestiniog, within the Snowdonia National Park. The River Dwyryd runs alongside the village...
- Oldbury nuclear power station
- Risley
- SellafieldSellafieldSellafield is a nuclear reprocessing site, close to the village of Seascale on the coast of the Irish Sea in Cumbria, England. The site is served by Sellafield railway station. Sellafield is an off-shoot from the original nuclear reactor site at Windscale which is currently undergoing...
- Sizewell A nuclear power station (shut down in 2006)
- SpringfieldsSalwickSalwick is a village between Kirkham and Preston in Lancashire, England. The village is largely rural and is an extension of the smaller Clifton to the south. It is in the borough of Fylde, and in the Parliamentary Constituency of Fylde, and forms part of the civil parish of Newton with Clifton...
(now in partial decommission) - Trawsfynydd nuclear power stationTrawsfynydd nuclear power stationTrawsfyndd nuclear power station is a disused Magnox power station situated at Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd, Wales.-History:Construction of the power station, which was undertaken by a consortium involving Crompton Parkinson, International Combustion, Fairey Engineering and Richardsons Westgarth, and...
(shut down in 1993) - Wylfa nuclear power station
See also
- Nuclear power in the United KingdomNuclear power in the United KingdomNuclear power currently generates around a sixth of the United Kingdom's electricity. As of 2011, the United Kingdom operates 19 nuclear reactors at nine locations...
- Energy policy of the United KingdomEnergy policy of the United KingdomThe current energy policy of the United Kingdom is set out in the Energy White Paper of May 2007 and Low Carbon Transition Plan of July 2009, building on previous work including the 2003 Energy White Paper and the Energy Review Report in 2006...
- Energy use and conservation in the United KingdomEnergy use and conservation in the United KingdomEnergy use in the United Kingdom stood at 3,894.6 kilogrammes of oil equivalent per capita in 2005 compared to a world average of 1,778.0. In 2008, total energy consumed was 9.85 exajoules - around 2% of the estimated 474 EJ worldwide total...
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