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	NNI - No Nukes Inforesource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Chapelcross is permitted to discharge large quantities of radioactive material into the sea and air.
		It was decided that the four Chapelcross reactors in Scotland are to be permanently closed down making Chapelcross the seventh station with Magnox reactors to be shutdown in the U.K. The closure comes six years earlier than the planned closure date of 2010 first announced in 1999.
		Chapelcross was last year at the centre of a safety scare when two dozen spent nuclear fuel rods were dropped 80 feet down a discharge chute during a routine defuelling operation.
	www.ecology.at /nni/site.php?site=Chapelcross (762 words)

	Chapelcross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chapelcross was a Magnox nuclear power station located near the town of Annan in Dumfries and Galloway in south west Scotland.
		It was the sister plant to Calder Hall in Cumbria, both built and originally operated by the UKAEA.
		This plant produced some liquid radioactive waste disposed of via a pipeline to the Solway Firth, and gaseous radioactive waste discharged to the atmosphere.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chapelcross (265 words)

	Chapelcross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		While Chapelcross has never been involved in the assembly of nuclear weapons it has, throughout its life, played a key role in the British nuclear weapons programme.
		The second was at Chapelcross and became operational in February 1959.
		Chapelcross is permitted to discharge large quantities of radioactive material into the sea and air.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /prod/dialspace/town/pipexdsl/d/adhb32/scotland/chaacc.shtml (1568 words)

	DNV - Nuclear energy: Farewell and welcome back
		The decommissioning of Chapelcross will be an important milestone in the closure of more than 20 elderly nuclear power stations in Britain.
		Chapelcross is a major employer in the region and local people value its contribution to the community.
		Mike Travis, has been the site manager at the Chapelcross power station since it ceased generation in 2004: “The closure and decommissioning of a nuclear power station is very demanding and involves numerous challenges.
	www.dnv.com /publications/dnv_forum/by_subject/oil_gas/NuclearenergyFarewellandwelcomeback.asp?print=1 (913 words)

	nuclear waste - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about nuclear waste (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Chapelcross nuclear power station, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, opened in 1959, and was built at the same time as the Calder Hall plant at Sellafield in West Cumbria, England.
		Its four carbon-dioxide-cooled reactors were once used to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons, and are currently used to produce tritium.
		Accidents in the handling of nuclear waste at Chapelcross, and concern about the transportation of nuclear waste in the UK, led to public protests at the plant in 1999.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /nuclear+waste (710 words)

	HSE Nuclear Installations Inspectorate quarterly report
		Also, the Chapelcross Safety Representatives have a number of initiatives underway seeking to continue to improve health and safety at Chapelcross, and it was welcome that this was being encouraged by Chapelcross management.
		Although Chapelcross showed it was ready to begin the next stage of recommissioning, its sister station at Calder Hall had identified a technical problem which needed to be resolved.
		Reactor 1 at Chapelcross is more advanced in ageing terms than the other three reactors, as they have sleeved fuel channels, a design change made after Reactor 1 to reduce the rate of ageing of the graphite cores.
	www.hse.gov.uk /nuclear/llc/2002/chap12.htm (2594 words)

	CBSNews.com: Print This Story
		Chapelcross, which began providing electricity for the south of Scotland in 1959, was not originally slated for closing until 2008.
		Some 800 people are employed at Chapelcross and Calder Hall; Morant said many would remain at work for some years while the plant is decommissioned.
		Opened in the 1950s, the power stations at Chapelcross, Calder Hall, and Galloway in southwest Scotland were the prototypes for another nine Magnox power stations that were later built across Britain.
	uttm.com /stories/2004/06/29/tech/printable626646.shtml (281 words)

	Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		BNFL has admitted that an economic case for continuing electricity production at Chapelcross can no longer be justified commercially and that the company intends to prepare the shut-down reactors for decommissioning in readiness for handover to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) next year.
		Adjustments to the closure dates followed a major accident at Chapelcross Reactor 3 in July 2001 when 24 irradiated fuel elements fell 80 feet down a defuelling shaft, and the later discovery of shrinkage and distortion to the graphite moderators around the reactor cores’.
		Built in 1959 Chapelcross employs a workforce of around 450 and the reactors were expected to operate for up to 50 years.
	www.corecumbria.co.uk /newsapp/pressreleases/pressmain.asp?StrNewsID=195 (273 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Secret plan to close Chapelcross early (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Chapelcross, a magnox reactor, was originally designed to produce weapons-grade plutonium for Britain’s nuclear missiles.
		Chapelcross is the only UK nuclear plant producing tritium.
		Chapelcross is the only Scottish nuclear power station supplying energy through the Anglo-Scottish interconnector to English power supply companies.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=185702002 (998 words)

	The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's Top Five Nuclear Accidents in 2001, January 2002
		A serious accident at the Chapelcross nuclear reactor in Annan, Scotland sent 24 radioactive fuel rods crashing to the floor, nearly causing the death of plant workers and the release of a radioactive cloud which would have contaminated the entire region.
		Normal fueling operations were suspended at Chapelcross and its sister station, Calder Hall at Sellafield.
		Chapelcross is Scotland's oldest nuclear power station and is operated by British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL).
	www.wagingpeace.org /articles/2002/01/00_top-five-accidents.htm (963 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Secret plan to close Chapelcross early
		The 43-year-old plant at Chapelcross in Dumfriesshire is said to be no longer economically viable.
		CHAPELCROSS nuclear power station will close next year with the loss of 450 jobs under secret plans presented to the government by its owners.
		The government is expected to give the nuclear industry the go-ahead to build at least 10 new stations over the next 20 years as other existing stations come to the end of their operational lives.
	news.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=185702002 (1097 words)

	Only one Calder Hall reactor in operation
		In the 1950s the demand for weapons-grade plutonium was increasing, and together with four reactors at Chapelcross in Scotland, the reactors in Calder Hall were to supply the necessary quantity of weapons-grade plutonium.
		Except for Calder Hall and its sister power plant, Chapelcross, all of the reactors were constructed in the period between 1960 and 1970.
		Chapelcross, originally due to start closing in 2008, will now complete a progressive shut down by no later than March 2005.
	193.71.199.52 /en/energy/nuclear/sellafield/25298.html (713 words)

	British Nuclear reactors to close down
		The reactors at Chapelcross were the first of the first generation of British nuclear reactors that later came to be called Magnox reactors.
		Except for Chapelcross and its sister power plant, Calder Hall at Sellafield, all of the reactors were constructed between 1960 and 1970.
		The Chapelcross plant was actually constructed to operate both as an electricity generator and a producer of weapons grade plutonium, and for many years played a central role in the UK nuclear weapons programme, producing plutonium both for atomic and hydrogen bombs.
	www.bellona.no /en/energy/nuclear/sellafield/34631.html (903 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Chapelcross comes to a crossroads
		The towers of the Chapelcross nuclear plant have been part of the landscape near Annan for almost half a century.
		Chapelcross' Labour councillor Sean Marshall, who also works at the plant, reckons there are good arguments for its continued use.
		Chapelcross is now owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) which says it will be guided by local opinion in deciding the future.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/4755146.stm (594 words)

	Re: Chapelcross reactor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Following this a further seven Magnox stations of progressively higher MW were built culminating in the opening of Wylfa (840 MW) in 1971.
		Calder Hall and Chapelcross have remained "military standby" reactors ever since, although the former was placed under international safeguards in the mid 1990s.
		Chapelcross was modified in 1980 to produce tritium for the UK military programme and remains the only UK reactor outside safeguards.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /radsafe/0107/msg00177.html (255 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Scotland - New nuclear power station for Scotland
		The move has come in the wake of Tony Blair admitting to MPs that Britain is likely to need a new generation of nuclear power stations in order to meet the challenge of climate change.
		In Scotland the Chapelcross power station was closed last week and the Hunterston B plant will close in 2011.
		Chapelcross is better situated to be able to supply power to England when needed.
	news.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=793492004 (1126 words)

	Revealed: nuclear plant accident after fuel rods collapse - [Sunday Herald]
		All normal fuelling operationsÊhaveÊbeenÊsuspendedÊat Chapelcross and at its sister station, Calder Hall, at Sellafield in Cumbria.
		BNFL has said that it expects Chapelcross to be shut down before 2010, suggesting privately that a replacement nuclear station could be built there.
		All refuelling operations at Chapelcross and Calder Hall had been suspended in the meantime as a precaution, a spokesman for BNFL told the Sunday Herald.
	www.sundayherald.com /16870 (1035 words)

	Anti-Atom-Lexikon - Grossbritannien - AKW Chapelcroos 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		BNFL has warned that 400 jobs could be at risk at its Chapelcross nuclear power station in Scotland unless it continues to have access to power lines exporting electricity from Scotland to England.
		Managers of the Chapelcross nuclear reactors near Annan in Dumfries and Galloway are now anxiously trying to work out how to retrieve the fuel rods, which are still lying where they fell in the early hours of Thursday morning.
		Safety inspectors are investigating an incident at Chapelcross nuclear power plant operated by British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) in which used fuel rods became dislodged during a routine refuelling operation.
	www.dragonspice.de /test1/gb-chap3.htm (1262 words)

	Overview of Chapelcross Nuclear Power Station (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Located near Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Chapelcross was one of the oldest nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom, and the first in Scotland.
		With 450 staff, Chapelcross was one of the largest employers in Dumfries and Galloway, operated by the government-owned nuclear contractor BNFL.
		Although its operational licence was extended until 2006 (in 1996), the discovery of a 40-year-old 20 cm 'hairline crack' in one of the four heat exchangers caused the plant to close for six months in 1998.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurefirst1116.html (299 words)

	WISE/NIRS Nuclear Monitor; U.K.: CHAPELCROSS PERMANENTLY CLOSED
		On 29 June, it was decided that the four Chapelcross reactors in Scotland are to be permanently closed down making Chapelcross is the seventh station with Magnox reactors to be shutdown in the U.K. The closure comes six years earlier than the planned closure date of 2010 first announced in 1999.
		The Chapelcross reactors were also built and used for plutonium and tritium production for use in nuclear bombs.
		Chapelcross is not the only Magnox station closed earlier than expected in the last years.
	www10.antenna.nl /wise/612-13/5617.php (1217 words)

	Environmental Issues \| GM Food \| Nuclear Power \| GREENPEACE UK
		The company has said the cost of continuing to operate the plant cannot be justified on a commercial basis.
		Chapelcross has played a key role in the UK's nuclear weapons program, initially supplying plutonium for weapons and later the designated site for the production of tritium, used as a 'trigger' in nuclear weapons.
		The Chapelcross reactors are the last remaining source of tritium production in the UK for nuclear weapons.
	www.greenpeace.org.uk /contentlookup.cfm?CFID=40063&CFTOKEN=23293540&ucidparam=20040629152302&MenuPoint=D-E-D (363 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: After 45 years, lights out at power station
		LONDON — The world's oldest operational nuclear power station was closed yesterday, ceasing electricity generation after nearly 45 years.
		The British Nuclear Group said the Chapelcross station near Annan in Scotland was officially switched off yesterday morning.
		But an economic review of Britain's entire Magnox reactor capability showed Chapelcross and another facility, Calder Hall at Sellafield in northern England, were running at a loss.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2001968644_nuke30.html (305 words)

	Calls to close leaking N-plant - [Sunday Herald]
		The Scottish National Party and environmentalistsÊyesterdayÊcalledÊforÊtheÊageing Chapelcross nuclear power station in Dumfries and Galloway to be closed down as details emerged of a second accident involving radioactive materials.
		TheÊSNP,ÊwhichÊisÊsending senior representatives to Chapelcross next Friday, fears BNFL is cutting corners on safety.
		Chapelcross, which is 43 years old, is Scotland's oldest nuclear power plant.
	www.sundayherald.com /17101 (471 words)

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