Watch 'triple explosive demolition' at power station

Name: Watch 'triple explosive demolition' at power station
Uploaded: 2025-10-02T16:56:03.776Z
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Description: Two absorbers and a coal boom stacker were demolished at West Burton A power station on Thursday.

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A "triple explosive demolition" has taken place at what was one of the last remaining coal-fired power stations in the UK.

Footage showed the moment two absorbers and a coal boom stacker were demolished at West Burton A power station on Thursday morning, as part of work to turn the site into the UK's first prototype commercial nuclear fusion reactor.

Constructed in 1961, the plant was situated in "Megawatt Valley", near the River Trent, where the cooling towers of 14 power stations once dominated the landscape.

The plant closed in March 2023 and the site is due to be cleared by 2028.

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