Trawsfynydd nuclear power station
Trawsfynydd nuclear power station is a former Magnox nuclear power station situated in Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, 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 Maentwrog power station.
- Industry
- …lies at an elevation of around 670 feet (200 metres)
- …is also known as “Trawsfynydd power station”
- …dates from 1965
- Description: nuclear power plant in Wales
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Tomen y Mur
Tomen y Mur is a Roman fort in Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales, dating to the first century AD.
1 mile east of Trawsfynydd nuclear power station
Coed y Rhygen National Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
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Maentwrog Road railway station
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1 mile north of Trawsfynydd nuclear power station
Villages in the Area
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Gellilydan
Gellilydan is a village in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, in Maentwrog community.
Trawsfynydd
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2 miles southeast of Trawsfynydd nuclear power station
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Trawsfynydd nuclear power station
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Latitude
52.92521° or 52° 55′ 31″ north
Longitude
-3.94931° or 3° 56′ 58″ west
Open location code
9C4RW3G2+37
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse = industrial
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Trawsfynydd nuclear power station” goes by many names.
محطة الطاقة النووية تراوسفينيذArabic
محطة الطاقة النووية تراوسۋينيذArabic
Jaderná elektrárna TrawsfynyddCzech
Trawsfynydd nuclear power stationDutch
Kjarnorkuver TrawsfynnyddIcelandic
Centrale nucleare di TrawsfynyddItalian
トロースフィニッド原子力発電所Japanese
Trawsfynydd kjernekraftverkNorwegian
Trawsfynydd kjernekraftverkNorwegian Bokmål
Elektrownia jądrowa TrawsfynyddPolish
АЭС ТраусвинитRussian
Trawsfynydd nuclear pouer stationScots
ionad cumhachd niùclasach TrawsfynyddScottish Gaelic
Trawsfynydd kärnkraftverkSwedish
Atomfa TrawsfynyddWelsh
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