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Monday 4 January 2010Oldbury Made 100 Billion Cups of Tea in 2009!
Oldbury Power Station has produced enough electricity to power half a million homes during 2009.
In total Oldbury, which is owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, supplied 2.05TWh (Terawatt Hours) of electricity to the national grid, enough to power 500,000 homes for 12 months or to make 100 billion cups of tea.
This achievement is particularly significant as, for the first time in its history, Oldbury completed two major reactor outages, during which statutory maintenance and routine checks were carried out safely.
The generation milestone follows the site being given permission to restart Reactor One from its regulator the NII (Nuclear Installations Inspectorate) following its most recent Reactor One outage.
This work saw one of the site’s huge turbines, one of the largest in use in the UK, removed and transported along the M5 to Rugby.
“This year has been a very successful one for Oldbury, we have effectively completed our largest programme of work to date, and generated a significant amount of electricity for the UK,” said Joe Lamonby, Oldbury Site Director.
“The most important achievement though has been maintaining our excellent safety record with the help of our dedicated workforce.”
