It consisted of the nuclear assets of the South of Scotland Electricity Board, which were later absorbed into the 1996 founded companies - Magnox Electric and British Energy.
On 1 April 1990, the nuclear generation assets (Hunterston A, Hunterston B and Torness Power Stations) of SSEB were vested with a new private company - Scottish Nuclear. The chairman of the company was Sir James Hann.
The remainder of the SSEB assets were privatised as ScottishPower in 1991.
In 1996, the older Magnox reactor - Hunterston A was transferred to Magnox Electric - established to own and operate a proportion of the old Magnox nuclear stations of Nuclear Electric.[2][3][4] The assets of Magnox Electric were later combined with BNFL in 1998, and eventually operated and managed by US based EnergySolutions through its June 2007 acquisition of the BFNL subsidiary - Reactor Sites Management Company.[5]
The remaining two advanced 'AGR' nuclear plant assets of the company were combined with the assets of Nuclear Electric; and became a part of the newly formed and soon to be privatised British Energy (now EDF Energy).[1][6][7]
Through the breakup, both the companies - Scottish Nuclear and Nuclear Electric became defunct; but is still extant through a descendant company - EDF Energy.
scottish, nuclear, formed, precursor, privatisation, electricity, supply, industry, scotland, april, 1990, purpose, built, headquarters, built, 1992, town, east, kilbride, torness, nuclear, power, stationfounded1990, 1990, defunct1996successorbritish, energy, . Scottish Nuclear was formed as a precursor to the privatisation of the electricity supply industry in Scotland on 1 April 1990 1 A purpose built headquarters was built in 1992 in the new town of East Kilbride Scottish NuclearTorness Nuclear Power StationFounded1990 1990 Defunct1996SuccessorBritish Energy 1996 EDF Energy 2010 HeadquartersUnited KingdomArea servedScotland It consisted of the nuclear assets of the South of Scotland Electricity Board which were later absorbed into the 1996 founded companies Magnox Electric and British Energy Contents 1 Assets 2 History 2 1 Background before 1990 2 2 Scottish Nuclear 1990 1996 2 3 Breakup 1996 3 See also 4 ReferencesAssets editHunterston A Magnox Power Station by then shut down Hunterston B AGR Power Station Torness AGR Power StationHistory editBackground before 1990 edit Main article South of Scotland Electricity Board In the late 1980s the 1955 founded South of Scotland Electricity Board SSEB was one of the two major electricity generation and transmission companies in Scotland other being North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board now SSE plc The SSEB generated transmitted and distributed electricity throughout the south of Scotland including the former regions of Strathclyde Lothian Fife Central Borders and Dumfries and Galloway and a few towns in northern England Scottish Nuclear 1990 1996 edit Main articles South of Scotland Electricity Board and Scottish Power On 1 April 1990 the nuclear generation assets Hunterston A Hunterston B and Torness Power Stations of SSEB were vested with a new private company Scottish Nuclear The chairman of the company was Sir James Hann The remainder of the SSEB assets were privatised as ScottishPower in 1991 Breakup 1996 edit See also Central Electricity Generating Board Privatisation Magnox Electric History and British Energy History In 1996 the older Magnox reactor Hunterston A was transferred to Magnox Electric established to own and operate a proportion of the old Magnox nuclear stations of Nuclear Electric 2 3 4 The assets of Magnox Electric were later combined with BNFL in 1998 and eventually operated and managed by US based EnergySolutions through its June 2007 acquisition of the BFNL subsidiary Reactor Sites Management Company 5 The remaining two advanced AGR nuclear plant assets of the company were combined with the assets of Nuclear Electric and became a part of the newly formed and soon to be privatised British Energy now EDF Energy 1 6 7 Through the breakup both the companies Scottish Nuclear and Nuclear Electric became defunct but is still extant through a descendant company EDF Energy See also editEnergy policy of the United Kingdom Energy use and conservation in the United KingdomReferences edit a b History of Nuclear Energy in UK History of Hunterston A The CEGB Story Archived 2012 12 09 at archive today by Rob Cochrane with additional research by Maryanna Schaefer 1990 Page 68 Lessons from Liberalised Electricity Markets Archived 2014 05 17 at the Wayback Machine IEA OECD 2005 BNFL sells Reactor Sites Management Company to EnergySolutions June 2007 Merger creates nuclear giant BBC Chronology British Energy in bid talks Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scottish Nuclear amp oldid 1222402281, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
