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🇬🇧 Hinkley Point-A1

Name: Hinkley Point-A1
Address: United Kingdom

Nuclear power plant · United Kingdom

Shut Down

Capacity≈250 MW

Units1

First Online1965

Construction Start1957

Shut Down2000

Reactor TypeGCR

Coordinates51.209, -3.131

Hinkley Point-A1 is a nuclear power station in United Kingdom. Of its 1 recorded unit(s), 1 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 250 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1965. Reactor technology on site: GCR.

Reactor units at Hinkley Point-A1

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Hinkley Point-A1	Shut Down	GCR MAGNOX	250 MW	Construction 1957 · Grid 1965 · Shutdown 2000

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