05 July 2006
New evidence on the cracking of graphite cores in ageing UK reactors has been unveiled today in documents released to the 'Stop Hinkley' anti-nuclear group under the Freedom of Information Act. Assessments by the government's Nuclear Safety Directorate are reported by The Guardian to raise "serious questions over safety". The cracking could also limit the operating lives of reactors.
Details of the graphite cracking problem were reported earlier here.
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