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Didcot powerstation

I saw on the news earlier that this morning they blew up the last of Didcots cooling towers the demolition went ok but the dust cloud caused a flashover in the substation that is still used to supply parts or maybe a

all of Oxfordshire I bet the grid engineers were tearing there hair out after last weeks events

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0 Denis McMahon over 4 years ago

Chris Pearson:

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What rather staggers me is that the lifespan of the place was only about 40 years, which begs a couple of questions:

(1) What was the intended lifespan in the original business case?

(2) How much energy has been consumed in both building and demolishing the place?

I have usually reckoned that 40 years is about standard for the working life of a power station. Some have gone on for longer, e.g Ferrybridge C, 50 years, in spite of having three of its cooling towers blown down by nature in its early years. Some have had shorter lives, e.g. North Tees C, 30 years.
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0 Denis McMahon over 4 years ago

Chris Pearson:

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What rather staggers me is that the lifespan of the place was only about 40 years, which begs a couple of questions:

(1) What was the intended lifespan in the original business case?

(2) How much energy has been consumed in both building and demolishing the place?

I have usually reckoned that 40 years is about standard for the working life of a power station. Some have gone on for longer, e.g Ferrybridge C, 50 years, in spite of having three of its cooling towers blown down by nature in its early years. Some have had shorter lives, e.g. North Tees C, 30 years.
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