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Trawsfynydd nuclear power station

Trawsfynydd nuclear power station is a former Magnox nuclear power station situated in in , Wales. The plant, which became operational in 1965, was the only nuclear power station in the UK to be built inland, with cooling water that was taken from the artificial Llyn Trawsfynydd reservoir which also supplies the hydro-electric .
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  • Type: Industry
  • Description: nuclear power plant in Wales
  • Also known as: “Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station” and “Trawsfynydd power station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tomen y Mur and Coed y Rhygen National Nature Reserve.

Archaeological site
Photo: Maxentius2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Roman fort in , , Wales, dating to the first century AD. The fortification, which lies on the slope of an isolated spur northeast of Llyn Trawsfynydd, was constructed during the North Wales campaigns of governor Gnaeus Julius Agricola in AD 78. is situated 1 mile east of Trawsfynydd nuclear power station.

Nature reserve
is located on the western shore of Llyn Trawsfynydd in , North Wales. As an example of Atlantic Rainforest, it is very wet and there are many different examples of mosses and liverworts that cover the ground and the trees.

Building
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was on the Great Western Railway's Bala Ffestiniog Line in , Wales. is situated 1 mile north of Trawsfynydd nuclear power station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gellilydan and Trawsfynydd.

Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the county of , in community. It lies 4 miles south-south-east of and 1.2 miles north of Llyn Trawsfynydd and the disused Trawsfynydd nuclear power station.

Village
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is a linear village in , Wales, near Llyn reservoir, and adjacent to the A470 north of Bronaber and and 10 km south of . is situated 2 miles southeast of Trawsfynydd nuclear power station.

Village
Photo: Barry Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Ffestiniog or simply Llan, is a village in , , about 2 miles south of . is the older of the two communities, with its church and other buildings predating most of Blaenau Ffestiniog. is situated 2½ miles north of Trawsfynydd nuclear power station.

Trawsfynydd nuclear power station

Latitude
52.92521° or 52° 55′ 31″ north
Longitude
-3.94931° or 3° 56′ 58″ west
Elevation
669 feet (204 metres)
Inception
1965
Open location code
9C4RW3G2+37
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25889283
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Geo­Names ID
11839628
Wiki­data ID
Q525334
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Trawsfynydd nuclear power station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة الطاقة النووية تراوسفينيذ”
  • Arabic: “محطة الطاقة النووية تراوسۋينيذ”
  • Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Trawsfynydd”
  • Dutch: “Trawsfynydd nuclear power station”
  • French: “centrale nucléaire de Trawsfynydd”
  • French: “Centrale nucléaire de Trawsfynydd”
  • German: “Kernkraftwerk Trawsfynydd”
  • Icelandic: “Kjarnorkuver Trawsfynnydd”
  • Italian: “centrale nucleare di Trawsfynydd”
  • Italian: “Centrale nucleare di Trawsfynydd”
  • Japanese: “トロースフィニッド原子力発電所”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Trawsfynydd kjernekraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “Trawsfynydd kjernekraftverk”
  • Polish: “Elektrownia jądrowa Trawsfynydd”
  • Russian: “АЭС Траусвинит”
  • Scots: “Trawsfynydd nuclear pouer station”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “ionad cumhachd niùclasach Trawsfynydd”
  • Spanish: “central nuclear de Trawsfynydd”
  • Spanish: “Central nuclear de Trawsfynydd”
  • Swedish: “Trawsfynydd kärnkraftverk”
  • Welsh: “Atomfa Trawsfynydd”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Trawsfynydd nuclear power station”. Photo: William M. Connolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.