Calder Hall nuclear power station
Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station is a former Magnox nuclear power station at Sellafield in Cumbria in North West England. Calder Hall was the first full-scale nuclear power station to enter operation in the West, and was the sister plant to the Chapelcross plant in Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Estate
- Description: UK nuclear power station
- Also known as: “Calder Hall”, “Calder Hall Nuclear power station”, “Calder Hall power station”, and “Sellafield”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sellafield and Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant.
Sellafield
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, is a large multi-function nuclear site close to Seascale on the coast of Cumbria, England. As of August 2022, primary activities are nuclear waste processing and storage and nuclear decommissioning.
Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant
Building
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant, or THORP, is a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Sellafield in Cumbria, England. THORP is owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and operated by Sellafield Ltd, the site licensee.
Sellafield railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sellafield is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It serves Sellafield, in Cumbria, England; it is situated 35 miles north-west of Barrow-in-Furness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seascale and Calder Bridge.
Seascale
Photo: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Seascale is a village and civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland. The parish had a population of 1,754 in 2011, barely decreasing by 0.4% in 2021.
Calder Bridge
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calder Bridge is a small village in Cumbria in England. It is located between the hamlets of Gosforth and Beckermet and lies on the River Calder. It is around 1 mile northeast from the Sellafield nuclear plant—Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station was the world's first major nuclear power station when it opened in 1956. Calder Bridge is situated 2 miles northeast of Calder Hall nuclear power station.
Blackbeck
Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackbeck is a small village in Cumbria, England. It is northeast of Beckermet and Sellafield, along the A595 road. It contains properties such as the Blackbeck Inn, Blackbeck Farm and Brow House. Blackbeck is situated 2 miles north of Calder Hall nuclear power station.
Calder Hall nuclear power station
- Categories: nuclear power plant and agriculture
- Location: St. Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Polish—“Calder Hall nuclear power station” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Calder Hall”
- Dutch: “Calder Hall”
- Finnish: “Calder Hall”
- French: “Centrale nucleaire de Calder Hall/Sellafield”
- French: “centrale nucléaire de Calder Hall/Sellafield”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de Calder Hall/Sellafield”
- German: “Calder Hall”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Calder Hall”
- German: “KKW Calder Hall”
- Italian: “Calder Hall”
- Italian: “centrale nucleare di Calder Hall”
- Italian: “Centrale nucleare di Calder Hall”
- Japanese: “コールダーホール原子力発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Calder Hall”
- Polish: “Elektrownia jądrowa Calder Hall”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sellafield and High Sellafield.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include River Ehen and Seascale railway station.
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