Berkeley Boilers

On Saturday, the final two remaining boilers from the decommissioned Berkeley Nuclear Power Station began the first leg of their journey to Sweden, where they will be recycled.

Boilers leaving Berkeley (Photo:Magnox)

Two, 300+ tonne boilers on massive flatbed trucks, crawling along country roads makes for an impressive spectacle. Unfortunately, I missed it but you can see some footage that someone has kindly posted on the thisisgloucestershire website.

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/VIDEO-Monster-Magnox-boilers-Berkeley-Nuclear/story-18433530-detail/story.html#axzz2NcTibURo

And here is a link to the BBC website which has three nice photos plus a little more detail  about the operation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-21787508

Berkeley Nuclear Power Station (Photo:Magnox)

And if you feel the need for even more information, here is one final link, this time to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority website...

http://www.nda.gov.uk/stakeholders/newsletter/berkeley-sets-the-pace.cfm