Berkeley
Site profile
Berkeley Site in Gloucestershire, is the first commercial nuclear power station in the UK to be decommissioned. Its location on the eastern bank of the UK’s River Severn Estuary was chosen because of its easy access to unlimited supplies of cooling water. It came into service in 1962 and after 27 years of successful operation - generating enough electricity on a typical day to serve an urban area the size of Bristol - the twin reactor station closed in 1989.The station is now proceeding through a measured and calculated programme of work to decommission the site and Magnox South Ltd is working on behalf of the NDA to manage and progress the work plan on site safely, efficiently and with due care for the environment.
At a glance
Location: Gloucestershire
Nearby towns/cities: Berkeley, Gloucester
Site area: 27 hectares
Approximate number of current employees: 209
Latest site news
Wednesday 25 August 2010
Berkeley shares best practice
Personnel from the Winfrith Site, which is part of the Research Sites Restoration Ltd (RSRL) Site License Company (SLC) visited the Berkeley Site recently. The visit was organised to allow the sharing of decommissioning best practice between the two sites and across SLC's. Both sites are in similar stages of decommissioning. The group were particularly interested in the Berkeley reactors, which are currently being prepared to enter their safestore mode and the care and maintenance phase of their lifetimes. Presentations were also given on the plans for the management of Berkeley's Intermediate Level Waste. More...Next site stakeholder event
Wednesday 06 October 2010
Joint Berkeley/Oldbury Site Stakeholder Group Meeting
The next Berkeley Site Stakeholder Group meeting will be held jointly with Oldbury Site Stakeholder Group at the Ship Inn, Alveston, South Gloucestershire on 6 October 2010, commencing at 13.30.
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