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THORP (Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/THORP_(Thermal_Oxide_Reprocessing_Plant)
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:capacity
1200 tonnes of spent nuclear fuel per year
gptkbp:ceased_operations
2018
gptkbp:commissioned
1994
gptkbp:constructionStartYear
1984
gptkbp:cost
£1.8 billion
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decommissioned
post-2018
gptkbp:designedBy
British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
THORP (Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant)
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Sellafield,_Cumbria,_England
gptkbp:notableClient
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Spain
gptkb:Sweden
gptkb:Switzerland
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:notableEvent
2005 internal leak
gptkbp:notableFor
one of the largest nuclear reprocessing plants in the world
gptkbp:operatedBy
gptkb:Sellafield_Ltd
gptkbp:ownedBy
gptkb:Nuclear_Decommissioning_Authority
gptkbp:processedMaterial
spent nuclear fuel
thermal oxide fuel
gptkbp:processedTotal
over 9,000 tonnes of spent fuel
gptkbp:purpose
reprocessing spent nuclear fuel
gptkbp:separatedPlutonium
over 54 tonnes
gptkbp:separatedUranium
over 28,000 tonnes
gptkbp:status
decommissioning
gptkbp:technology
gptkb:PUREX_process
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Thorp
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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