Scottish Nuclear
Founded | 1990 |
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Defunct | 1996 |
Successor | British Energy (1996) EDF Energy (2010) |
Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Area served | Scotland |
Scottish Nuclear was formed as a precursor to the
It consisted of the nuclear assets of the South of Scotland Electricity Board, which were later absorbed into the 1996 founded companies - Magnox Electric and British Energy.
Assets
- Hunterston A Magnox Power Station (by then shut down)
- AGRPower Station
- AGRPower Station
History
Background : before 1990
In the late 1980s, the 1955-founded South of Scotland Electricity Board (SSEB), was one of the two major electricity generation and transmission companies in Scotland; other being North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (now SSE plc). The SSEB generated, transmitted and distributed electricity throughout the south of Scotland, including the former regions of Strathclyde, Lothian, Fife, Central, Borders and Dumfries and Galloway and a few towns in northern England.
Scottish Nuclear : 1990-1996
On 1 April 1990, the nuclear generation assets (Hunterston A, Hunterston B and Torness Power Stations) of SSEB were vested with a new private company - Scottish Nuclear. The chairman of the company was Sir James Hann.
The remainder of the SSEB assets were privatised as
Breakup : 1996
In 1996, the older Magnox reactor - Hunterston A was transferred to
The remaining two advanced 'AGR' nuclear plant assets of the company were combined with the assets of Nuclear Electric; and became a part of the newly formed and soon to be privatised British Energy (now EDF Energy).[1][6][7]
Through the breakup, both the companies - Scottish Nuclear and Nuclear Electric became defunct; but is still extant through a descendant company - EDF Energy.
See also
- Energy policy of the United Kingdom
- Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom
References
- ^ a b History of Nuclear Energy in UK
- ^ History of Hunterston A
- ^ The CEGB Story Archived 2012-12-09 at archive.today by Rob Cochrane (with additional research by Maryanna Schaefer) (1990)
- ^ Page 68 "Lessons from Liberalised Electricity Markets" Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine IEA / OECD (2005)
- ^ BNFL sells Reactor Sites Management Company to EnergySolutions June 2007
- ^ "Merger creates nuclear giant". BBC.
- ^ Chronology: British Energy in bid talks