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🇬🇧 Chapelcross

Name: Chapelcross
Address: United Kingdom

Nuclear power plant · United Kingdom

Shut Down

Capacity≈140 MW

Units4

First Online1959

Construction Start1955

Shut Down2004

Reactor TypeGCR

Coordinates55.014, -3.223

Chapelcross 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 1959. Reactor technology on site: GCR.

Reactor units at Chapelcross

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Chapelcross-1	Shut Down	GCR MAGNOX	35 MW	Construction 1955 · Grid 1959 · Shutdown 2004
Chapelcross-2	Shut Down	GCR MAGNOX	35 MW	Construction 1955 · Grid 1959 · Shutdown 2004
Chapelcross-3	Shut Down	GCR MAGNOX	35 MW	Construction 1955 · Grid 1959 · Shutdown 2004
Chapelcross-4	Shut Down	GCR MAGNOX	35 MW	Construction 1955 · Grid 1960 · Shutdown 2004

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