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🇬🇧 Hunterston-B1

Name: Hunterston-B1
Address: United Kingdom

Nuclear power plant · United Kingdom

Shut Down

Capacity≈624 MW

Units1

First Online1976

Construction Start1967

Shut Down2021

Reactor TypeGCR

Coordinates55.722, -4.893

Hunterston-B1 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 624 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1976. Reactor technology on site: GCR.

Reactor units at Hunterston-B1

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Hunterston-B1	Shut Down	GCR AGR	624 MW	Construction 1967 · Grid 1976 · Shutdown 2021

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