 Wylfa Nuclear Power Station Wylfa is a nuclear power station situated just west of Cemaes Bay on the island of Anglesey, north Wales. Located on the coast, the sea provides an excellent cooling source for its operation. Image File history File links Wylfapowerstation. ...
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A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. ...
Anglesey (Welsh: Ynys Môn, pronounced (IPA), roughly unniss mawn), is an island and county at the northwestern extremity of north Wales. ...
For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ...
It houses two 490 MW Magnox nuclear reactors, "Wylfa-1" and "Wylfa-2", which were built from 1963 and became operational in 1971. They have a combined capacity of 980 MW and Wylfa typically supplies 23 GW·h of electricity daily. It is the largest and last reactor of its type to be built in the UK. 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. ...
Core of a small nuclear reactor used for research. ...
The graphite cores each weigh 3 800 tonnes. Over 6 000 vertical fuel channels contain 595 natural uranium channels together with a further 200 channels which allow boron control rods to enter the reactor. The primary coolant in the reactors is carbon dioxide (CO2) gas. Carbon dioxide is an atmospheric gas comprised of one carbon and two oxygen atoms. ...
It is anticipated that the Wylfa reactors will be shut down in 2010; however, there is a possibility the plant may be kept open a further few years.
The power station is operated by British Nuclear Fuels Limited. The site is owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). Its purpose is to oversee and manage the decommissioning and clean-up of the UK’s civil nuclear legacy. Categories: Government of the UK | Stub ...
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is a public body of the United Kingdom formed by the Energy Act, 2004. ...
A second plant (generally referred to as Wylfa B) has been proposed, in part to provide for the needs of the Anglesey Aluminium smelter located in Holyhead. This proposal has been the subject of local opposition, and the group People Against Wylfa B (PAWB) campaigns against it, and for the de-commissioning of the existing plant.
See also
List of nuclear reactors is a comprehensive annotated list of all the nuclear reactors of the world, sorted by country. ...
As of 2006, the United Kingdom has 23 reactors generating one fifth of its electricity. ...
Energy policy of the United Kingdom is a set of official publications and activities directed at the present and future production, transmission and use of various power technologies. ...
Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom has been receiving increased attention over recent years. ...
External links - Wylfa Power Station
- BNFL Wylfa
- NDA
- British Nuclear Group - Wylfa
- Information on PAWB
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