Bradwell Power Station is on target to have removed all the fuel elements from the cooling ponds by the end of August as part of its decommissioning.
Stocks of irradiated fuel elements are currently being removed, and between July 25 and August 8, five fuel flasks containing 898 fuel elements were taken to the reprocessing plant at Sellafield in Cumbria.
The Nuclear Installations Inspectorate has also given consent for the station to implement a new staff structure for the defuelling period, with a three-point management structure responsible to the station manager, Peter Wright.
Environmental group Greenpeace recently finished a tour of East Anglia trying to prevent any new power stations being built, by getting support from the public for wind power stations.
The group says that a study by AEA Technology, formerly the government Atomic Energy Authority, shows that wind turbines placed off the coast of East Anglia could alone generate a quarter of the energy in Britain.
The latest MORI poll revealed that 84 per cent of people in the region support turbines off the coast while just 5 per cent support the building of new power stations.
People are still able to make a representation about the application to decommission the station, and should make them in writing to: The EIA Project Officer, Nuclear Safety Directorate, Division 4, Room 412, St Peter's House, Stanley Precinct, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 3LZ.
Published Wednesday August 28, 2002
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