UK: closing two of the world's oldest nuclear power plants

Two of the world's oldest nuclear power plants: Dungeness A in Kent and Sizewell A in Suffolk (UK) have been given (Photo: BBC) "retired ". The re-processing plant at Sellafield, Cumbria (northwestern England) will also be closed in 2012.

Dungeness A began to generate electricity in 1965, while Sizewell A operated one year later.

It is known that 99% of radioactive materials will be relocated to Sellafield within the next 3 years. However, the complete cleanup of the site took more than a century, expected to be completed by 2110.

The closure of these two plants occurred amid UK efforts to clean up its aging nuclear facilities in a program costing £ 70 billion ($ 137 billion).

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