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Dungeness B

• Dungeness A is a legacy Magnox power station, connected to the National Grid in 1965 and nearing the end of its life. It has two reactors producing 223 MW of electricity each, with a total capacity of 446 MW. It is due to cease power generation by the end of 2006. It is anticipated that defuelling would be completed by 2009, the turbine hall demolished in 2010 to be replaced by an intermediate level waste store in 2014. The waste store and reactor building would then be placed on a care and maintenance basis until 2103, with final site clearance and closure by 2111. Decommissioning is estimated to cost £1.2 billion. An alternative proposal has been made to accelerate cleanup for completion by 2030. [1] Its reactors were built by The Nuclear Power Group and it's turbines were built by Parsons. [2]

• Dungeness B is an Advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) power station which began operating on 1983. It has two 600 MW reactors, producing an optimal capacity of 1200 MW (though actual output is 1110 MW [3]) and is due to be closed in 2018. Its reactors were built by Atomic Power Constructions and like the "A" station, its turbines were built by Parsons [4][5].

Both stations were built by the Central Electricity Generating Board (a nationalised institution in the UK), but following privatisation they are now operated by two different companies (Magnox Electric, now part of The British Nuclear Group (BNG), and British Energy respectively). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1266x870, 405 KB) Summary View of Dungeness power Station in kent, UK. Taken by contributor. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1266x870, 405 KB) Summary View of Dungeness power Station in kent, UK. Taken by contributor. ... Magnox is an obsolesent type of nuclear power reactor; When operated on a short fuel cycle (which is uneconomic) they can also produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. ... The National Grid is the high-voltage electric power transmission network in Great Britain, connecting power stations and major substations and ensuring that electricity generated anywhere in Great Britain can be used to satisfy demand elsewhere. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Reactor may relate to the folowing: A chemical reactor: a device for containing and controlling a chemical reaction. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the film, see 2010: The Year We Make Contact. ... Radioactive waste is waste material containing radioactive chemical elements that does not have a practical purpose. ... 2014 (MMXIV) will be a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (Redirected from 2103) (21st century - 22nd century - 23rd century - other centuries) The twenty-second century comprises the years 2101 to 2200. ... (21st century - 22nd century - 23rd century - other centuries) The twenty-second century comprises the years 2101 to 2200. ... The year 2030 (MMXXX) in the Gregorian calendar corresponds to 5790-5791 in the Hebrew calendar. ... Schematic diagram of the Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2018 (MMXVIII) is a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was the cornerstone of the British electricity industry for almost 50 years, from its nationalisation in 1947 to privatisation in the 1990s. ... British Nuclear Group is a subsidiary of BNFL set up to operate and manage the decommisioning of many of the UKs nuclear assets under contract to the Nuclear Decommisssioning Authority, a government body set up specifically to deal with the nuclear legacy under the Energy Act 2004. ... British Energy plc, is the United Kingdoms primary nuclear power producer, operating seven Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (AGR) stations, one Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) site and one coal fired power plant. ...

Dungeness A

The station is built on the largest area of open shingle in Europe, measuring 12 km by 6 km, which has been deposited by the sea and built up over thousands of years. The entire area is moving slowly north and east as the sea moves the shingle from one side of the ness to the other. It is surrounded by a nature reserve Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). A fleet of lorries is used to continuously maintain shingle sea defences for the plant as coastal erosion would otherwise move shingle away at an estimated rate of 6 m per year. Around 30, 000 cubic metres of shingle are moved each year. It seems that deposition on the north shore of the ness does not keep pace with demand. In all 90,000 cubic metres, including Dungeness, are moved each year along parts of the coast between Pett Level and Hythe. This is necessary for the safety of the entire area including the Power Stations. Approximately 100 million litres of cooling water is extracted and returned to the sea each hour, after being heated 12 degrees Celsius (22°F). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1700x1110, 258 KB) Summary View of Dungeness power Station in kent, UK. Taken by contributor. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1700x1110, 258 KB) Summary View of Dungeness power Station in kent, UK. Taken by contributor. ... A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. ...

The relation of the Power Stations with the ness in time is important. Geological history places the beginning of the promontory, some 3000 years ago, as shingle deposits offshore from Pett Level. From there the evidence suggests that the Ness enlarged and migrated up Channel to its present position. The term promontory has several similar meanings in English, including geographical names: A promontory is a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water (e. ...

Importantly the ness and the coastline between Pett Level and Hythe are volatile. In recorded history Walland Marsh to the west of the Power Stations has been flooded. In the space of sixty years severe inundation occurred bringing the sea inland to Appledore and the original mouth of the River Rother from north of the ness at Romney to the south at Rye Harbour. The site is a few metres above Mean Sea Level and would be isolated in the event of flooding of the magnitude that submerged big areas of East Anglia and Holland in 1953. Conjecture says that the ‘hurricane’ of 1987 did not bring the sea to the actual stations because there was a low tide at the time. In 1990 the sea is reported to have reached the gates of the A station and the compound of the National Grid switch house next to the B Station. With the possibility of global warming, more frequent and powerful storms and their associated waves and surges could be possible. They may increase the instability of the ness. Volatile is the name of more than one concept: A financial instrument with high volatility is considered volatile in economics. ... There are four settlements called Appledore in England: Appledore, Cornwall - between Liskeard and Callington Appledore, North Devon Appledore, South Devon Appledore, Kent This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... There is more than one River Rother: In England: River Rother (Eastern) in Kent and East Sussex River Rother (Western) in Hampshire and West Sussex River Rother, South Yorkshire (with its source in Derbyshire) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ... Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... The National Grid is the high-voltage electric power transmission network in Great Britain, connecting power stations and major substations and ensuring that electricity generated anywhere in Great Britain can be used to satisfy demand elsewhere. ... Global mean surface temperatures 1856 to 2005 Mean temperature anomalies during the period 1995 to 2004 with respect to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 Global warming It mens less snow so less snowboarding is a term used to describe the trend of increases in the average temperature of...

References

1. Eddison, J (2000). Romney Marsh Survival on a Frontier, Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-1486-0. Page 139 also reports the 1990 flooding mentioned above. Page 139 also reports the 1990 flooding mentioned above.
2. Romney Marsh. URL accessed on 5 February 2006.
3. Kent Against a Radioactive Environment. URL accessed on 20 March 2006.
4. British Energy. URL accessed on 16 April 2006.
5. industcards. URL accessed on 16 April 2006.
6. Going Critical. URL accessed on 16 April 2006.

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External links

• Dungeness A information pages On the BNG's Nuclear Sites web page.
• Dungeness B information page Form British Energy.
• Kent Against a Radioactive Environment Local web site opposing the power stations.
• Photographs of Dungeness A Form the British Nuclear Group image asset library.