Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 115342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,345 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Torness Nuclear Power Station

From Graces Guide

Torness nuclear power station is located approximately 30 miles (50 km) east of Edinburgh at Torness Point near Dunbar in East Lothian.

The station consists of two advanced gas-cooled reactors (AGR) capable of producing a peak rating of 1364 MWe[1] which proved to be the final AGRs built in Britain.

1980 Construction commenced by the National Nuclear Corporation with turbines by GEC

Owned and operated by South of Scotland Electricity Board

1990 transferred to Scottish Nuclear



See Also

Loading...

Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times, Nov 12, 1980
Retrieved from "https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Torness_Nuclear_Power_Station&oldid=819828"
Privacy policy Disclaimers About Grace’s Guide Contact Grace’s Guide

Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright © 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. The text of this web site is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Maintained by Sapere Software