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Published:
February 5, 2008
Nuclear
reactor near Burnham-On-Sea to shut for more repairs
British
Energy has announced this week that it is to shut the nuclear
reactors at Hinkley Point, near Burnham-On-Sea, later this year
for further inspections.
Both
reactors will be checked at some point this year which means they
will have to be shut down unless already stopped for other work.
 It
comes after Hinkley Point was shut down for seven months for boiler
repairs during 2006/7. It has been running at 60-70 percent of
its capacity since being re-opened last Spring.
Campaign
group Stop Hinkley claimed on Tuesday (February 5th) that the
"fragility of sensitively-placed boilers" at Hinkley
B may be behind the latest work.
The
group claims boilers are housed inside the reactor pressure vessel
alongside the nuclear reactors.
Jim Duffy, group spokesman, said: "It's high time that Hinkley
undertook inspections of its boilers. Cracked boilers plus cracked
reactor core equals unthinkable risk. It would be better to shut
it now."
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