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Chapelcross nuclear power plant — Power plant · Nuclear · MagnoxWest Scales wind farm -- — Canceled · Wind · United Kingdom · 16.5 MW · 5.3 km awayLittle Hartfell wind farm -- — Canceled · Wind · United Kingdom · 50.4 MW · 16.2 km awayLittle Hartfell II wind farm -- — Canceled · Wind · United Kingdom · 50.4 MW · 16.2 km awayCarlisle power station -- — Announced · Biomass · United Kingdom · 22 MW · 19.2 km awayHellrigg wind farm 2 — Announced · Wind · United Kingdom · 7.8 MW · 19.9 km away
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Chapelcross nuclear power plant

Power plant · Nuclear

Key facts

Power plant · Nuclear Retired
Capacity
Capacity: sourceGlobal Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses) · Open license, with creditMW
Commissioned
1959
Location
Scotland, United Kingdom
Operated by
Magnox

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (United Kingdom)

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Technology
Nuclear source: “nuclear / gas-cooled reactor”
Age
67 years since 1959
Units
4
1 attribute from Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)
AttributeValue
Gem
Owners
Name
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (United Kingdom)
Share pct
100
Unit ids
G100000500584, G100000500585, G100000500586, G100001017727
Location id
L100000500242
Subnational
Scotland
Unit statuses
Retired
4
Location accuracy
exact

Ownership

2 companies2
CompanyRoleShareSource
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (United Kingdom) Owner 100.0% GEM
Magnox Operator GEM

Timeline

  • In service · GEM

Sources

2 sources

Sources GEM · Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)

Sources

  • GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  • Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
ProjectKindAwayMW
West Scales wind farm -- Canceled Wind 5.3 km 16.5
Little Hartfell wind farm -- Canceled Wind 16.2 km 50.4
Little Hartfell II wind farm -- Canceled Wind 16.2 km 50.4
Carlisle power station -- Announced Biomass 19.2 km 22
Hellrigg wind farm 2 Announced Wind 19.9 km 7.8

Sources GEM

Sources

  • GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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