Page 49 - Hunterston News Today

Hunterston B started generating in 1976. Donald Urquhart, ONR’s Executive Director of Operations and Deputy Chief Inspector, said: “Our specialist inspectors scrutinise each safety case in great detail to ensure the safety of workers, local residents and wider public. “As the UK’s independent nuclear regulator, we will only allow nuclear facilities to operate if we are satisfied that it is safe to do so. “I am satisfied that the evidence provided by EDF, which has been assessed by our...

13 April 2021 Share The UKs Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has today provided EDF with permission for Reactors 3 and 4 at the Hunterston nuclear power plant in North Ayrshire, Scotland to return to service for a limited period of operation. This will be the power station’s final period of operation before moving into the defueling phase. AGR graphite bricks (Image: EDF) Permission for the restart, which ONR says follows extensive scrutiny of EDF’s safety case, is for up to a total of 1...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read LONDON, April 13 (Reuters) - Britain’s nuclear regulator said on Tuesday it had approved a restart of EDF Energy’s reactors 3 and 4 at Hunterston nuclear power plant in Scotland. The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said on its website that each reactor will be active approximately for six months, and this will be the power station’s final period of operation before moving into the defueling phase. (Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; Editing by Kirsten Dono...

RUTH Marr (Letters, April 6) tells us that everything is rosy in the field of education in Scotland. Yet in December 2019 John Swinney admitted that four children out of 10 from Scotland’s poorest areas are leaving primary school without achieving expected literacy levels. This means that they are going into secondary school with one hand tied behind their backs. Is it then not unexpected that they also underperform in secondary? In the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA...

Comment Thursday was the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster in Japan, where a combination of natural disaster and ill-preparedness cracked open three reactors on the island YOU may want a “nuclear-free” Scotland. And if you saw those recent pictures of live nuclear missiles being delicately transported from Devonport to Faslane, by means of a khaki-wrapped wagon-trail barrelling down one side of a dual carriageway, you might imagine exactly how to achieve it. But the nuclear age...

Ancient Celtic Art Send to Google Classroom: Art, along with language, is perhaps the best way to see the connections between the ancient peoples we label as Celts who lived in Iron AgeEurope. There were great variations across time and space but common features of ancient Celtic art include sculptures of enigmatic gods and naked warriors, a love of depicting forest animals, the use of complex and swirling vegetal designs, and a desire to enhance the beauty of even the smallest and most mundane...

Fireball meteor captured flying across Scotland on shop security camera Incredible footage from a cycling shop showed the 30,000mph meteor entering the earths atmosphere. Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information wil...

THE COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed what we once knew as normal and has made us all think about how we want to live our lives in future. As we rebuild our economy, we have an opportunity to build a fairer, greener, more prosperous and inclusive Scotland that delivers for everyone and every place. We have already taken significant steps to put fair work principles at the heart of our economic policy and a priority for employers. Hundreds of businesses have signed up to the Scotti...

SCOTLAND’S new “green ports” will have to ban “the inappropriate” use of zero hours contracts, pay at least the real living wage, tackle…

Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstate our paywall, However,  rest assured that access to all Covid related news will still remain free...