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Written by Dr Robert Hawley
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Monday, 19 March 2007 |
Dr Robert Hawley, Chairman of Berkley Resources Ltd and Carron Energy Ltd, UK Nuclear Power in the UK - Past, Present & Future (presented at the 2006 WNA Symposium)
History
The technology stages in the life of the UK nuclear power programme fall into three phases:
1. Magnox
2. Advanced Gas Cooled Reactors
3. The Pressurized Water Reactor
Management has been in four stages, which, in my opinion, are:
1. Bureaucratic, coupled with technical understanding, under the
existing Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB), a state owned
group.
2. Technically knowledgeable and dedicated management,after the split
up of the CEGB leading to the formation of Nuclear Electric, and then
in the early days of the newly privatized British Energy.
3. This was followed by a non-technical management, seeing only the
opportunity for short-term profit, with no understanding of the need to
technically maintain the assets and the skill base or the long-term
needs of the business, which in turn led to the massive shareholder
losses.
Downlaods
The full paper (PDF)
PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
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