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- 1 2 3 International Combustion Ltd from American roots to Sinfin Lane Archived 2010-10-01 at the Wayback Machine Byegone Derbyshire, 1 February 2010
- ↑ The UK Magnox and AGR Power Station Projects [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ UK Business Park Archived 2012-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
