Talk:Hunterston B nuclear power station
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Is there a Hunterson A? -Theanphibian (talk • contribs) 04:12, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
- Good shout, I fixed it up a little. --John 04:23, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
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- Ah okay, that's plenty sufficient, all the reader needs to know. I've just been forced to categorize most of these UK nuclear plants for creating the map. It doesn't matter much for a large scale geographic picture weather there is a A and B station if they're right next to each other. But in this case I'll just say that the B plant is the notable one of the two. -Theanphibian (talk • contribs) 04:29, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, yes, there is definitely an A! It is notable for having been visited by Nikita Krushchev, then president of the USSR. I remember it well, as I, my family, and half the neighbouring villages turned out to watch him and all the other dignitaries arrive. Also notable because, at the time it was finished, it was the largest nuclear power station in the world, a status that only lasted 2 or 3 months. I can remember it being built, a process that took years. I was amazed (being a little boy) at the huge size of the crane (called Goliath) that they used to build it. Note that the old Magnox reactors are physically much larger than the AGRs -- because they use natural uranium metal fuel (not enriched), you need a lot more of it to achieve criticality -- but this is not clear from the photo, which is taken from near the AGR building.
- --NSH001 10:15, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
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e- sorry - A even has a website hunterstona.co.uk. Gordonofcartoon 02:01, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
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