infrastructure · major

Dungeness B — first AGR early closure

7 June 2021 → 7 June 2021

EDF announced 7 Jun 2021 that Dungeness B (1,090 MW) would move directly into defueling rather than restarting after the 2018 outage, citing pipework and steam-generator corrosion. First early AGR closure and start of the AGR fleet endgame that accelerated through 2022.

Affected fuels: nuclear

Countries: GB

Sources

  1. www.edfenergy.com(accessed 2026-04-26)

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