Aerial view from the south of the UK Atomic Energy Authority Capenhurst Works

Date:
Sep 1968
Location:
UK Atomic Energy Authority Capenhurst Works, Capenhurst, Cheshire West and Chester
Reference:
OP36272
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

A typed note on the reverse of the print reads: "Manufacture of enriched uranium for advanced reactor systems (eg Britain's second nuclear power programme) is carried out in the gaseous diffusion plant at Capenhurst, near Chester. This plant can supply U.235 at the enrichment levels required for power reactors." This print is part of a file created by the Central Office of Information relating to Chemical Factories.

Content

This is part of the Collection: COI01 Central Office Of Information

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Late 20th Century Nuclear Power Station