When it comes to exploring, you always want more, something bigger. I keep thinking this is not enough. But it's driving me mad, going out of my head. Is a nuclear power station too much? I keep asking myself, wondering how I keep closing my eyes but I can't block it out. Want to fly to a place where it's just you and me? Nobody else so we can be free.
As soon as you cross that fenceline everything changes. I'm in serious shit, I feel totally lost. I'm all mixed up, feeling cornered and rushed. They say it's my fault but I want it so much. When they stop and stare, don't worry me, 'cause I'm feeling for her what she's feeling for me, I can try to pretend, I can try to forget. But it's driving me mad, going out of my head.
Turbine Hall
The turbine hall houses all 8 fantastic Parsons turbines, which were originally rated at 23 MW but progressively uprated to 30 MW as the reactor thermal output was uprated.
Reactor Hall
The plant design was essentially the same as Calder Hall, comprising four 180 MWth graphite moderated, carbon dioxide cooled nuclear reactors fuelled by natural abundance uranium (0.71% 235U) enclosed in magnesium-alloy cans, the principal difference being in plant layout. Since Chapelcross was commissioned from the outset as a four-reactor site rather than separate two-reactor sites as at Calder 'A' and 'B' stations, the site layout was more compact.
Reactor Control Room
Chapelcross has individual, identical control rooms for each reactor. There is also an additional Electrical Control Room controlling the site’s output to the grid.
Electrical Control Room
Tritium Processing Plant
Chapelcross produced tritium for the Polaris and Trident strategic nuclear weapon systems from about 1980 until 2005. This was achieved by neutron bombardment of lithium target material, with the tritium gas extracted in the Chapelcross Processing Plant (CXPP). This facility was managed by BNFL on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The material was transferred to Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston via secure road convoys.
All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
Running through my head
Running through my head
All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
Running through my head
Been there, done that, got the tatu.
As soon as you cross that fenceline everything changes. I'm in serious shit, I feel totally lost. I'm all mixed up, feeling cornered and rushed. They say it's my fault but I want it so much. When they stop and stare, don't worry me, 'cause I'm feeling for her what she's feeling for me, I can try to pretend, I can try to forget. But it's driving me mad, going out of my head.
Turbine Hall
The turbine hall houses all 8 fantastic Parsons turbines, which were originally rated at 23 MW but progressively uprated to 30 MW as the reactor thermal output was uprated.
Reactor Hall
The plant design was essentially the same as Calder Hall, comprising four 180 MWth graphite moderated, carbon dioxide cooled nuclear reactors fuelled by natural abundance uranium (0.71% 235U) enclosed in magnesium-alloy cans, the principal difference being in plant layout. Since Chapelcross was commissioned from the outset as a four-reactor site rather than separate two-reactor sites as at Calder 'A' and 'B' stations, the site layout was more compact.
Reactor Control Room
Chapelcross has individual, identical control rooms for each reactor. There is also an additional Electrical Control Room controlling the site’s output to the grid.
Electrical Control Room
Tritium Processing Plant
Chapelcross produced tritium for the Polaris and Trident strategic nuclear weapon systems from about 1980 until 2005. This was achieved by neutron bombardment of lithium target material, with the tritium gas extracted in the Chapelcross Processing Plant (CXPP). This facility was managed by BNFL on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The material was transferred to Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston via secure road convoys.
All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
Running through my head
Running through my head
All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
Running through my head
Been there, done that, got the tatu.
