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Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station

Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station

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Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station

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Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri

Location: Maentwrog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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June 19, 2022

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Here you can learn that the nuclear power plant is no longer in operation, serves as a (temporary) storage facility and should be dismantled by the end of the century.

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December 7, 2022

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Trawsfynydd nuclear power station was the only inland nuclear power plant in the UK. It was able to be situated here because of the large lake that provided sufficient cooling water to the reactors. The power station switched on in 1965 and closed at the end of its safe life in 1991. The planned decommissioning was expected to take about 100 years but in 2021 the Welsh government started to explore plans to install a smaller reactor and reinstate the power station to help Wales reach zero carbon electricity production.

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Elevation 260 m

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Location: Maentwrog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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