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Torness Nuclear Power Station

Torness nuclear power station is a nuclear power station located approximately 30 miles east of at Torness Point near in East Lothian, Scotland.
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  • Type: Power station
  • Description: nuclear power station in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “AGR Torness”, “Torness nuclear power station”, and “Torness power station”
  • Postal code: EH42 1QS

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Innerwick Castle and Barns Ness Lighthouse.

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a ruined castle in , Scotland, near the village of , 5 miles from , on the Thornton Burn, and overlooking Thornton Glen. is situated 1 mile southwest of Torness Nuclear Power Station.

Lighthouse
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is 3.1 miles from and was constructed by the engineers and brothers David A. Stevenson and Charles Alexander Stevenson, cousins of the novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, between 1899 and 1901. is situated 2 miles northwest of Torness Nuclear Power Station.

Bridge
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a bridge, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Torness Nuclear Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Innerwick and Bilsdean.

Village
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is a coastal civil parish and small village, which lies in the east of , five miles from and approximately 32 miles from . is situated 1½ miles southwest of Torness Nuclear Power Station.

Hamlet
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village between Thorntonloch and on the coast of . is situated 2 miles southeast of Torness Nuclear Power Station.

Village
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is a civil parish and small village in the east of , Scotland, adjacent to the and overlooking the . is situated 3 miles south of Torness Nuclear Power Station.

Torness Nuclear Power Station

Latitude
55.96838° or 55° 58′ 6″ north
Longitude
-2.40881° or 2° 24′ 32″ west
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Inception
May 25th, 1988
Operator
EDF Energy
Open location code
9C7VXH9R+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 91104903
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Geo­Names ID
7115735
Wiki­data ID
Q1466261
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Swedish—“Torness Nuclear Power Station” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Torness”
  • Dutch: “Torness Nuclear Power Station”
  • French: “Centrale nucleaire de Torness”
  • French: “centrale nucléaire de Torness”
  • French: “Centrale nucléaire de Torness”
  • German: “Kernkraftwerk Torness”
  • Italian: “centrale nucleare di Torness”
  • Italian: “Centrale nucleare di Torness”
  • Japanese: “トーネス原子力発電所”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torness kjernekraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “Torness kjernekraftverk”
  • Russian: “АЭС Торнесс”
  • Scots: “Torness Nuclear Pouer Station”
  • Swedish: “Torness kärnkraftverk”

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