Down and Out in Torness
Apr. 15th, 2008 09:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
webfarmerMaybe the Brits can still give one of their neighbors in Europe a gift that keeps giving. Tip o' the hat to the sensible Scots in opposition.
Blow for British Energy Deal Hopes as Torness Generator is Shut Down - The Times (UK) - 15 Apr 08
"The long-running bid process for British Energy has suffered a fresh blow after it emerged that the group was forced to shut down one of its largest power-producing units. Unit 1 of British Energy's Torness reactor was taken out on Saturday for an unspecified length of time, highlighting the company's ageing, problematic infrastructure. The shutdown is a setback because it raises questions over the valuation of British Energy's assets and the cost of keeping them in operation until they are retired. "
Shutdown at Nuclear Power Station as Reactor is Repaired - Edinburgh Evening News - 15 Apr 08
"The shutdown has reduced Scotland's nuclear energy output to a quarter of capacity, as both reactors at Hunterston in Ayrshire are currently closed for planned maintenance. It is the eighth stoppage at Torness in the last year, raising fears that it may not reach its expected closing date in 2023. Opposition parties today said the problems at the East Lothian plant were evidence of a 'looming power gap', and called for the Scottish Government to step up its commitment to renewable energy."
Around here "elected" means there was an actual choice (not counting Ohio 2004 and Florida 2000).
Merely a flesh wound says the knight. We planned it this way.
British Energy Torness Unit 1 Reactor Shut Down Because of Leak - TradingMarkets.com - 15 Apr 08
"British Energy Group's chief executive Bill Coley said that Unit 1 of the Torness reactor was shut down on Friday because of a 'small leak', but he did not give details of when it would come back on line. He said that the company 'elected to take the reactor offline' after seeing the leak, saying that the outage was planned."
Blow for British Energy Deal Hopes as Torness Generator is Shut Down - The Times (UK) - 15 Apr 08
"The long-running bid process for British Energy has suffered a fresh blow after it emerged that the group was forced to shut down one of its largest power-producing units. Unit 1 of British Energy's Torness reactor was taken out on Saturday for an unspecified length of time, highlighting the company's ageing, problematic infrastructure. The shutdown is a setback because it raises questions over the valuation of British Energy's assets and the cost of keeping them in operation until they are retired. "
Shutdown at Nuclear Power Station as Reactor is Repaired - Edinburgh Evening News - 15 Apr 08
"The shutdown has reduced Scotland's nuclear energy output to a quarter of capacity, as both reactors at Hunterston in Ayrshire are currently closed for planned maintenance. It is the eighth stoppage at Torness in the last year, raising fears that it may not reach its expected closing date in 2023. Opposition parties today said the problems at the East Lothian plant were evidence of a 'looming power gap', and called for the Scottish Government to step up its commitment to renewable energy."
Around here "elected" means there was an actual choice (not counting Ohio 2004 and Florida 2000).
Merely a flesh wound says the knight. We planned it this way.
British Energy Torness Unit 1 Reactor Shut Down Because of Leak - TradingMarkets.com - 15 Apr 08
"British Energy Group's chief executive Bill Coley said that Unit 1 of the Torness reactor was shut down on Friday because of a 'small leak', but he did not give details of when it would come back on line. He said that the company 'elected to take the reactor offline' after seeing the leak, saying that the outage was planned."
