AFTER more than 50 years on site Magnox has bid farewell to its offices at Berkeley nuclear power station. Opening in 1961 and at its height seeing over 700 staff working on the site at any one time, the land that originally made up Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories has now been handed over to South Gloucestershire and Stroud College to be redeveloped into a university technical college. Initially established as a research and development centre for engineering, technical and radiological issues by the Central Generating Electricity Board, Magnox staff have been present at the site since the beginning.
Gloucester Gazette 27th Sept 2016 read more »