World’s two oldest nuclear power stations to close in Britain
The world’s two oldest commercial nuclear power stations, which are in Britain, are closing down, the organisation which manages them said. Dungeness A in Kent, and Sizewell A in Suffolk, both first generation Magnox nuclear power stations, are being decommissioned because they are less efficient than larger plants. In addition, a reprocessing facility at Sellafield in Cumbria, which is used to make spent fuel from the plants safe, is closing in 2012. Full Story