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🇬🇧 Berkeley

Name: Berkeley
Address: United Kingdom

Nuclear power plant · United Kingdom

Shut Down

Capacity≈276 MW

Units2

First Online1962

Construction Start1957

Shut Down1989

Reactor TypeGCR

Coordinates51.692, -2.494

Berkeley is a nuclear power station in United Kingdom. Of its 2 recorded unit(s), 2 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 276 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1962. Reactor technology on site: GCR.

Reactor units at Berkeley

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Berkeley-1	Shut Down	GCR MAGNOX	138 MW	Construction 1957 · Grid 1962 · Shutdown 1989
Berkeley-2	Shut Down	GCR MAGNOX	138 MW	Construction 1957 · Grid 1962 · Shutdown 1988

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