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🇬🇧 Hunterston-A2

Name: Hunterston-A2
Address: United Kingdom

Nuclear power plant · United Kingdom

Shut Down

Capacity≈150 MW

Units1

First Online1964

Construction Start1957

Shut Down1989

Reactor TypeGCR

Coordinates55.722, -4.893

Hunterston-A2 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 150 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1964. Reactor technology on site: GCR.

Reactor units at Hunterston-A2

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Hunterston-A2	Shut Down	GCR MAGNOX	150 MW	Construction 1957 · Grid 1964 · Shutdown 1989

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