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🇬🇧 Calder Hall

Name: Calder Hall
Address: United Kingdom

Nuclear power plant · United Kingdom

Shut Down

Capacity≈140 MW

Units4

First Online1956

Construction Start1953

Shut Down2003

Reactor TypeGCR

Coordinates54.420, -3.491

Calder Hall is a nuclear power station in United Kingdom. Of its 4 recorded unit(s), 4 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 140 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1956. Reactor technology on site: GCR.

Reactor units at Calder Hall

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Calder Hall-1	Shut Down	GCR MAGNOX	35 MW	Construction 1953 · Grid 1956 · Shutdown 2003
Calder Hall-2	Shut Down	GCR MAGNOX	35 MW	Construction 1953 · Grid 1957 · Shutdown 2003
Calder Hall-3	Shut Down	GCR MAGNOX	35 MW	Construction 1955 · Grid 1958 · Shutdown 2003
Calder Hall-4	Shut Down	GCR MAGNOX	35 MW	Construction 1955 · Grid 1959 · Shutdown 2003

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