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🇬🇧 Wylfa

Name: Wylfa
Address: United Kingdom

Nuclear power plant · United Kingdom

Shut Down

Capacity≈1,100 MW

Units2

First Online1971

Construction Start1963

Shut Down2015

Reactor TypeGCR

Coordinates53.416, -4.480

Wylfa is a nuclear power station in United Kingdom. Of its 2 recorded unit(s), 2 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 1,100 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1971. Reactor technology on site: GCR.

Reactor units at Wylfa

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Wylfa-1	Shut Down	GCR MAGNOX	550 MW	Construction 1963 · Grid 1971 · Shutdown 2015
Wylfa-2	Shut Down	GCR MAGNOX	550 MW	Construction 1963 · Grid 1972 · Shutdown 2012

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