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World's first commercial nuclear plant demolished
London (AFP) Sept 29, 2007 Demolition experts blew up Saturday the giant cooling towers of the world's first commercial nuclear power station, 51 years after it was opened in northwest England. The first two of the four 88-metre (288-foot) high cooling towers at Sellafield were demolished at 9 a.m. (0800 GMT), sending a cloud of dust over the Irish Sea before hundreds of onlookers. Four minutes later the final pair of cooling towers crumbled to the ground in a series of controlled explosions. The demolition of the towers is the first phase in the decommissioning of the 167,000 square metre site made up of 62 buildings. Inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II on October 17 1956, the plant started production in 1960 and stopped in March 2003. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Civil Nuclear Energy Science, Technology and News Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy enters Chinese nuclear power market
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 28, 2007Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is making a full-scale entry into China's growing market for nuclear power generation as it has won a major order there, the company said Friday. |
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