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🇬🇧 Torness

Name: Torness
Address: United Kingdom

Nuclear power plant · United Kingdom

Operational

Capacity≈1,290 MW

Units2

First Online1988

Construction Start1980

Reactor TypeGCR

Coordinates55.966, -2.399

Torness is a nuclear power station in United Kingdom. Of its 2 recorded unit(s), 2 reactors are operational. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 1,290 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1988. Reactor technology on site: GCR.

Reactor units at Torness

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Torness-1	Operational	GCR AGR	645 MW	Construction 1980 · Grid 1988
Torness-2	Operational	GCR AGR	645 MW	Construction 1980 · Grid 1989

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