Full Output at Power Station Now Unlikely After Cracked Pipes Find ; the Westcountry's Nuclear Power Station Is Still Operating Well Below Capacity Because of Cracked Pipes - More Than 17 Months After the Problem Was Revealed.

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The Westcountry's nuclear power station is still operating well below capacity because of cracked pipes - more than 17 months after the problem was revealed.

It emerged in December 2006 that Hinkley Point B in Somerset needed urgent repairs to boiler pipes. Although the plant's running capacity was reduced to about 60 per cent, British Energy said at the time it expected the plant to be back to 100 per cent capacity by March 2008.

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Full Output at Power Station Now Unlikely After Cracked Pipes Find ; the Westcountry's Nuclear Power Station Is Still Operating Well Below Capacity Because of Cracked Pipes - More Than 17 Months After the Problem Was Revealed.

But confirmation that the faults will continue to drastically impinge on the output of the station until...

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