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Paper by Bob Hawley

Written by Dr Robert Hawley
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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