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Magnox is owned by [[Energy Solutions]], Inc., a company with reported revenues of over $1.75 billion. The lion’s share of this comes from the NDA's decommissioning contracts for Magnox North and Magnox South. | Magnox is owned by [[Energy Solutions]], Inc., a company with reported revenues of over $1.75 billion. The lion’s share of this comes from the NDA's decommissioning contracts for Magnox North and Magnox South. | ||
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In 2009 the [[Environment Agency]] won its prosecution against Magnox Electric Ltd who were ordered to pay £400,000 for allowing a radioactive leak to continue for 14 years without being detected at the Bradwell-on-sea plant in Essex. | In 2009 the [[Environment Agency]] won its prosecution against Magnox Electric Ltd who were ordered to pay £400,000 for allowing a radioactive leak to continue for 14 years without being detected at the Bradwell-on-sea plant in Essex. | ||
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| + | In October 2013 Magnox submitted a periodic safety review (PSR) to the UK [[Office for Nuclear Regulation]] (ONR) seeking extension of lifetime of the Wylfa 1 nuclear reactor in Anglesey, North Wales. Originally scheduled to shut down in September 2014, the reactor is now likely to continue operations for an additional 15 months. <ref> EBR Staff Writer [http://nuclear.energy-business-review.com/news/magnox-seeks-extension-of-wylfa-1-nuclear-reactors-lifetime-091013 Magnox seeks extension of Wylfa 1 nuclear reactor's lifetime], Energy Business Review 09 October 2013 </ref> | ||
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[[Berkeley]], [[Bradwell]], [[Chapelcross]], [[Dungeness A]], [[Hinkley Point A]], [[Hunterston A]], [[Oldbury]], [[Sizewell A]], [[Trawsfynydd]] and [[Wylfa]]. | [[Berkeley]], [[Bradwell]], [[Chapelcross]], [[Dungeness A]], [[Hinkley Point A]], [[Hunterston A]], [[Oldbury]], [[Sizewell A]], [[Trawsfynydd]] and [[Wylfa]]. | ||
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==People== | ==People== | ||
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Revision as of 13:58, 10 October 2013
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Magnox Electric Limited is a nuclear decommissioning Site Licence Company (SLC) controlled by Reactor Sites Management Company.
It is operating and decommissioning the UK’s first generation of nuclear power stations on behalf of their government-run owner, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).[1]
Magnox is owned by Energy Solutions, Inc., a company with reported revenues of over $1.75 billion. The lion’s share of this comes from the NDA's decommissioning contracts for Magnox North and Magnox South.
Controversies
In 2009 the Environment Agency won its prosecution against Magnox Electric Ltd who were ordered to pay £400,000 for allowing a radioactive leak to continue for 14 years without being detected at the Bradwell-on-sea plant in Essex.
Activities
In October 2013 Magnox submitted a periodic safety review (PSR) to the UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) seeking extension of lifetime of the Wylfa 1 nuclear reactor in Anglesey, North Wales. Originally scheduled to shut down in September 2014, the reactor is now likely to continue operations for an additional 15 months. [2]
Sites
Berkeley, Bradwell, Chapelcross, Dungeness A, Hinkley Point A, Hunterston A, Oldbury, Sizewell A, Trawsfynydd and Wylfa.
PR firm
In 2013 Marick Communications produced a video that focused on Magnox's 'year of progress in cleaning up some of the UK’s nuclear legacy'.
- the video tells the story of a year of safe delivery for Magnox, including the removal of the last spent fuel from Chapelcross (accounting for more than 99% of the radioactive material held on the site), the completion of the project to safely remove and dispose of the asbestos from Hinkley Point A, recovery and treatment of radioactive wastes from historic storage facilities and outstanding electricity generation at Wylfa and Maentwrog sites in North Wales. [1]
People
- Nigel Monckton - Head of Communications at Magnox[1]
Resources and Notes
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Year of Achievement in Magnox, 29 April 2013, acc 10 October 2013
- ↑ EBR Staff Writer Magnox seeks extension of Wylfa 1 nuclear reactor's lifetime, Energy Business Review 09 October 2013
