Operational failure
Nuclear Power Plant
Hunterston B — permanent reactor closure
7 January 2022
North Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Incident location
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55.7200, -4.8900
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What happened
Units 1 and 2 permanently ceased commercial operation. This is a reactor closure, not a nuclear accident or an unplanned outage.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Nuclear Power Plant
- Current temperature
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- Latitude
- 55.7200°
- Longitude
- -4.8900°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.