nuclear decommissioning

Is Windscale Still Radioactive?

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Is Windscale Still Radioactive? Material housed here will remain radioactive for 100,000 years. This is Sellafield’s great quandary. … The Windscale gas-cooled reactor took nine years to decommission. Constructed in 1962 and shuttered in 1981, the ‘golf ball’ wasn’t built with decommissioning in mind. How dangerous is Sellafield? Sellafield is one of the most contaminated

What Are 3 Ways To Decommission A Nuclear Power Plant?

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What Are 3 Ways To Decommission A Nuclear Power Plant? The decommissioning process involves removing the used nuclear fuel from the reactor, placing it into the used fuel pool, and eventually into dry storage containers (which can be stored on-site or transported off-site); dismantling systems or components containing radioactive products (e.g., the reactor vessel); and