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DIDCOT B power station goes bang - NorthernRaider - 23 February 2016
Just breaking it looks like the huge great power station at Didcot has just about been blown to pieces? Did B is a gas fired station the neighbouring Did A was coal fired and closed down a while back
RE: DIDCOT B power station goes bang - NorthernRaider - 23 February 2016
Now conflicting news saying it may be the OLD power station Did A has blown up??
RE: DIDCOT B power station goes bang - NorthernRaider - 23 February 2016
BBC confirmed Didcot A the OLD power station went bang, least one fatality sadly.
RE: DIDCOT B power station goes bang - MaryN - 23 February 2016
Just been watching it on the news. Bizarre really, no-one seems to know what happened.
RE: DIDCOT B power station goes bang - Devonian - 24 February 2016
Looks like a terrible accident, but I'd bet that the contractor carrying out the dismantling works simply removed a key structural member (or two) which led to the subsequent catastrophic failure of the remaining structure.