Boilers Dungeness nuclear reactor unexpectedly goes offline Britain’s Dungeness B-22 nuclear reactor went offline unexpectedly. Clarion Energy Content Directors 10.13.2014 Share Britain’s Dungeness B-22 nuclear reactor went offline unexpectedly. EDF Energy said the 550-MW unit was taken offline Oct. 13 due to a fault on the main boiler feed pump, according to Reuters. Workers expect the reactor to be back online Oct. 21. Reuters said Britain now has 4,595 MW of nuclear capacity offline and that is expected to increase to 5,195 MW when the 599-MW Sizewell 2 reactor goes offline Oct. 17 for a planned refueling outage. Subscribe to Nuclear Power International magazine Related Articles US coal stockpiles hit highest levels since 2020 EIA: Coal consumption’s decline is likely to reverse this year ‘War on coal’ rhetoric heats up as Biden seeks to curb pollution with election looming Utah Legislature will hold special session to tweak IPP coal plant bill
