Torness nuclear power plant

Torness nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Torness nuclear power plant is the 2nd largest of 4 operating nuclear sites in the United Kingdom, holding 21% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 118th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1988 and 1989; the median unit is 37.5 years old, older than the median of 37.0 in the United Kingdom.

The 2 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 7.8 to 8.5 years (median 8.2) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Hartlepool nuclear power plant (167 km) and Heysham nuclear power plant (218 km).

2 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 1 -7.8% and Unit 2 -6.2%.

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.