Hunterston A nuclear power station
Hunterston A nuclear power station is a former Magnox nuclear power station located at Hunterston in Ayrshire, Scotland, adjacent to Hunterston B. The ongoing decommissioning process is being managed by Nuclear Decommissioning Authority subsidiary Nuclear Restoration Services.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Industry
- Description: nuclear power station in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Hunterston ‘A’ Nuclear Power Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hunterston B nuclear power station and Hunterston Castle.
Hunterston B nuclear power station
Photo: Jonathonchampton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hunterston B nuclear power station is a shut-down AGR nuclear power station in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Located about six miles south of Largs and about 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of West Kilbride on the Firth of Clyde coast. Hunterston B nuclear power station is situated 880 feet northeast of Hunterston A nuclear power station.
Hunterston Castle
Hunterston Castle, West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, Scotland is the historic home of the lairds of Hunterston and Chiefs of Clan Hunter. The keep dates from the late 12th, or early 13th centuries, while the attached manor house is of the 18th century. Hunterston Castle is situated 3,500 feet east of Hunterston A nuclear power station.
Portencross Castle
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portencross Castle, also known historically as Portincross Castle, is situated in Portencross, on the west coast of Scotland, about 3 km from West Kilbride. Portencross Castle is situated 1½ miles south of Hunterston A nuclear power station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Kilbride and Millport.
West Kilbride
West Kilbride is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 4860 in 2022. Named for St Brigit of Kildare, it was traditionally a weaving, potato-growing and sheep-farming town.
Millport
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of Ayrshire, with Millport as its only settlement, and a population of 1376 in 2011. The island is about 3 miles long by 1½ miles wide, roughly tooth-shaped, with a broad bay indenting its south coast.
Seamill
Village
Photo: Paul Thomson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seamill is a village in North Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, about 5 miles north of Ardrossan and 8 miles south of Largs, on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde. Seamill is situated 3 miles southeast of Hunterston A nuclear power station.
Hunterston A nuclear power station
- Category: nuclear power plant
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.72069° or 55° 43′ 15″ northLongitude
-4.89544° or 4° 53′ 44″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Inception
1964Open location code
9C7QP4C3+7ROpenStreetMap ID
way 91085620OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialGeoNames ID
11839626Wikidata ID
Q5944807
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Hunterston A nuclear power station” goes by many names.
- French: “centrale nucléaire de Hunterston A”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de Hunterston A”
- Japanese: “ハンターストンA原子力発電所”
- Russian: “АЭС Хантерстон А”
- Scots: “Hunterston A nuclear pouer station”
- Ukrainian: “АЕС Гантерстон А”
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