A major decommissioning project is to begin five decades ahead of schedule to clean up and demolish four “blower house” superstructures at the Berkeley nuclear power station in Gloucestershire, southwest England.
The blower houses circulated gas through the reactors to transfer heat into 310-tonne boilers to create steam to turn the turbines and generate electricity.
The last of the 15 gigantic metal boilers was transported to Sweden for cleaning, smelting and recycling in 2013.