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"Nothing like this will be built again"

I've just had a really amazing experience: a guided tour of the nuclear reactor complex at Torness on the Scottish coast. What made this tour unusual is that the tour guide in question, Les, happens to be one of the reactor engineers (as well as a friend) -- and he showed me (and a couple of other friends) right…
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Jul 8, 2013"Nothing like this will be built again" by ajdecon45295
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Jan 25, 2011"Nothing like this will be built again": a tour of a working nuclear reactor by gjm1116037

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