| Re: For those of our members / readers who don't like coal fired power stations ... Posted by stuving at 22:50, 2nd October 2025 |     |
Lest you get the idea that those absorbers demolished last year were part of the original 1961-1966 build, they were in fact part of the flue gas desulphurisation system installed 2000-2003 (along with new chimneys). You may recall that our Scandinavian friends had been complaining for many years about acid rain, and this was the response.
Note that West Burton B plant was planned later on, to be equipped with FDG from the start, but was never built and that name now applies to a gas power station (CCGT).
| For those of our members / readers who don't like coal fired power stations ... Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 22:29, 2nd October 2025 | |
... and I understand there are a few of you
Video coverage, from the BBC.
A "triple explosive demolition" has taken place at what was one of the last remaining coal-fired power stations in the UK.
Footage showed the moment two absorbers and a coal boom stacker were demolished at West Burton A power station on Thursday morning, as part of work to turn the site into the UK's first prototype commercial nuclear fusion reactor.
Constructed in 1961, the plant was situated in "Megawatt Valley", near the River Trent, where the cooling towers of 14 power stations once dominated the landscape.
The plant closed in March 2023 and the site is due to be cleared by 2028.
Footage showed the moment two absorbers and a coal boom stacker were demolished at West Burton A power station on Thursday morning, as part of work to turn the site into the UK's first prototype commercial nuclear fusion reactor.
Constructed in 1961, the plant was situated in "Megawatt Valley", near the River Trent, where the cooling towers of 14 power stations once dominated the landscape.
The plant closed in March 2023 and the site is due to be cleared by 2028.
It's a video report, so you will need to click on the link to the BBC to
I've watched it three times now: I think it's great! CfN.
