End of an era where Britain can stand proud
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World’s Last Magnox Nuclear Reactor Shuts Down for Final Time
12/30/2015 | Aaron Larson
The Wylfa Nuclear Power Station—the last operating Magnox reactor in the world—came offline permanently on Dec. 30.
Located in Anglesey, an island off the northwest coast of Wales in the UK, the plant entered service in 1971. Originally constructed with two 490-MW units, only Reactor 1 has been operating since 2012.
The UK pioneered the Magnox design back in the 1950s. Its name comes from the magnesium-aluminum alloy used to clad the fuel rods. The reactors were pressurized, CO2-cooled, graphite-moderated units fueled with natural uranium. The design could also be used to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. The first of 11 eventual plants was the 190-MW Calder Hall facility in Cumbria, which opened in 1956. The Wylfa site was the largest of the Magnox plants.
— http://www.powermag.com/worlds-last-magnox-nuclear-reactor-shuts-down-for-final-time/
At what point did we go mad?
Where is the 50+ years of development?
The plant entered service 1971, what was the world then?
http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1971-MPU.html
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Source: https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2015/12/30/end-of-an-era-where-britain-can-stand-proud/
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