Dungeness Nuclear Power Plant
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 54 '50 " N , 0 ° 57' 50" E | |
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| Owner: | Dungeness A: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Dungeness B: British Energy |
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| Operator: | Dungeness A: Magnox Electric Limited Dungeness B: British Energy |
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| Project start: | 1960 | |
| Commercial operation: | Oct 28, 1965 | |
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Active reactors (gross): |
2 (1230 MW) | |
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Decommissioned reactors (gross): |
2 (460 MW) | |
| Energy fed in in 2009: | 4,012,933 GWh | |
| Energy fed in since commissioning: | 270,048.265 GWh | |
| Was standing: | December 31, 2009 | |
| The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation . | ||
The Dungeness Nuclear Power Plant is located near Dungeness in the south-east of Kent in the United Kingdom and consists of a total of 4 reactors. Two reactors of the old Magnox series (area A) are currently being dismantled, the two newer reactors (area B) have been in commercial operation since 1983/85.
Dungeness A
Dungeness A consisted of two Magnox reactors with a combined gross electrical output of 460 MW . The block A1 of the nuclear power plant was the first time on 1 June 1965 critically , the block A2 followed on 1 September 1965. The first network synchronization occurred 1965th
Dungeness A was shut down at the end of 2006 for economic reasons, and the turbine hall was demolished in 2010. The dismantling will cost an estimated £ 600 million. These reactors were among the oldest Magnox reactors still in operation in the world. Here, the reactor core was not covered with concrete, but only with steel.
Dungeness B
Dungeness B consists of two EGRs with a total of 1,230 MW of gross electrical output. Block B1 became critical for the first time on December 23, 1982, and block B2 followed on December 4, 1985. The first network synchronization of reactor B1 was on April 3, 1983, of reactor B2 on December 29, 1985.
On June 29, 2009, there was an incident while changing fuel in Block B1. This has been classified by the International Atomic Energy Agency at level 2 on the International Rating Scale for Nuclear Events . According to the IAEA report, "when the fuel plug was lowered onto a fresh fuel carrier, it was found that the coupling was not properly engaged and a foreign object was trapped". This foreign body was probably a piece of an elastic cover film that was previously used for maintenance work. There was no fuel damage; no radioactive substances leaked.
Dungeness B nuclear power plant
Dungeness Nuclear Power Plant
Recording of the plant
Data of the reactor blocks
The Dungeness nuclear power plant has a total of four blocks :
| Reactor block | Reactor type | net power |
gross power |
start of building | Network synchronization |
Commercial operation | Shutdown |
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| Dungeness-A1 | Magnox reactor | 225 MW | 230 MW | 07/01/1960 | 09/21/1965 | 10/28/1965 | December 31, 2006 |
| Dungeness-A2 | Magnox reactor | 225 MW | 230 MW | 07/01/1960 | 11/01/1965 | 12/30/1965 | December 31, 2006 |
| Dungeness-B1 | EGR | 520 MW | 615 MW | 10/01/1965 | 04/03/1983 | 04/01/1985 | ( Planned for 2028 ) |
| Dungeness-B2 | EGR | 520 MW | 615 MW | 10/01/1965 | December 29, 1985 | 04/01/1989 | ( Planned for 2028 ) |
Others
From 1961 to 1984, the converter station for the HVDC cable to France (end point Echingem) was located on the area of the Dungeness nuclear power plant .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Nuclear Power Reactors" (English)
- ↑ Dungeness 'A' Site Starts Demolition on nuclearmatters.co.uk , accessed August 12, 2012
- ↑ DRAFT STRATEGY - NDA Tools at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
- ↑ - Ines level 2 event when changing fuel in Dungeness B1
- ↑ a b UK nuclear plant gets ten-year extension. In: World Nuclear News. Retrieved May 30, 2016 .