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Graphite Inspections Suggest UK’s Ageing AGRs ‘Could Operate For Longer’

By Rachel Rigby
13 October 2025

Cracking seen as main ‘life limiting factor’ in early generation nuclear plants

Graphite Inspections Suggest UK’s Ageing AGRs ‘Could Operate For Longer’
The Heysham nuclear power station site in northwest England. Courtesy EDF ENergy.
Recent inspections of graphite cracking in the UK nuclear fleet of advanced gas cooled reactors (AGR) point to the possibility that at least some of the units could operate into the 2030s, NucNet has been told.

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