Advanced gas-cooled reactor
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The advanced gas-cooled reactor is a type of nuclear reactor designed and operated by the United Kingdom. These are the second generation of British gas-cooled reactors, using graphite as the neutron
Reactor building at Torness
Dungeness B AGR power station, with a different outward appearance to most AGRs, consequential to multiple build companies being used
The two power stations with four AGRs at Heysham
The Heysham nuclear power stations are operated by EDF Energy in Heysham, Lancashire, England. On the site two separate nuclear power stations, Heysham 1 and Heysham 2 operate independently, only with
Advanced gas-cooled reactor
…hopes for the AGR design. An ambitious construction programme of five twin reactor stations, Dungeness B, Hinkley Point B, Hunterston B, Hartlepool and Heysham was quickly rolled out, and export orders were eagerly anticipated. For political reasons the CEGB was instructed to spread the 'first generation…
Heysham 1 & 2
Heysham 2
The Ashton Memorial in Lancaster