Magnox
Magnox je družina britanskih jedrskih reaktorjev, ki so hlajeni s plinom (CO2) in moderirani z grafitom. Gorivo je naravni (neobogateni) uran. Ime "Magnox" je po zlitini magnox - zlitina večinoma magnezija in manjšega deleža aluminija. Ta zlitina se uporablja pri fabrikaciji jedrskega goriva.
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Reaktor je primarno namenjen proizvodnji električne energije, se ga pa da konfigurirati za proizvodnjo plutonija za jedrsko orožje.
V Združenem kraljesvtu so zgradili 26 reaktorjev, skoraj vsi so upokojeni. Po eno enoto so izvozili v Italijo in na Japonsko. Severna Koreja naj bi razvila svoj magnox reaktor.
Seznam Magnox reaktorjev v Združenem kraljestvu
urediIme | Lokacija | Lokacija (GeoHack) | Število reaktorjev | Moč reaktorja | Skupna moč | Začetek obratovanja | Zaustavitev |
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Calder Hall | blizu Whitehavna, Cumbria | NY025042 | 4 | 50 MWe | 200 MWe | 1956 | 2003 |
Chapelcross | blizu Annana Dumfries and Galloway | NY2161169707 | 4 | 60 MWe | 240 MWe | 1959 | 2004 |
Berkeley | Gloucestershire | ST659994 | 2 | 138 MWe | 276 MWe | 1962 | 1989 |
Bradwell | blizu Southminstra, Essex | TM001087 | 2 | 121 MWe | 242 MWe | 1962 | 2002 |
Hunterston "A" | med West Kilbride in Fairlie North Ayrshire | NS183513 | 2 | 180 MWe | 360 MWe | 1964 | 1990 |
Hinkley Point "A" | blizu Bridgwatra, Somerset | TR330623 | 2 | 235 MWe | 470 MWe | 1965 | 1999 |
Trawsfynydd | Gwynedd | SH690381 | 2 | 195 MWe | 390 MWe | 1965 | 1991 |
Dungeness "A" | Kent | TR074170 | 2 | 219 MWe | 438 MWe | 1966 | 2006 |
Sizewell "A" | blizu Leistona, Suffolk | TM472634 | 2 | 210 MWe | 420 MWe | 1966 | December 2006 |
Oldbury | blizu Thornburya, South Gloucestershire | ST606945 | 2 | 217 MWe | 434 MWe | 1968 | 2012 |
Wylfa | Anglesey | SH350937 | 2 | 490 MWe | 980 MWe | 1971 | 2015 (Planned) |
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urediZunanje povezave
uredi- Magnox Electric
- EnergySolutions
- Nuclear Sites Stakeholder Information - Overview of each Magnox power station, provided by British Nuclear Group
- Magnox Safety Reviews Arhivirano 2006-05-26 na Wayback Machine., September 2000, HSE Nuclear Installations Inspectorate
- Magnox Electric plc’s strategy for decommissioning its nuclear licensed sites Arhivirano 2013-05-14 na Wayback Machine., February 2002, HSE Nuclear Installations Inspectorate
- The decommissioning of commercial magnox gas cooled reactor power stations in the United Kingdom, G. Holt, Magnox Electric, IAEA meeting paper, 8–10 September 1997
- Magnox Fuel Element Design - Atomic Energy Insights
- Sellafield Magnox cooling ponds cleanup job commences - Nuclear Engineering International