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Chapelcross

Chapelcross Power Station was the first nuclear power station in Scotland. Electricity generation ceased in June 2004. The site supplied strategic materials to the Ministry of Defence and was used to test fuel assemblies for later nuclear power stations.

Chapelcross is a decommissioning and defuelling site and commenced defuelling in August 2008.  Chapelcross site has a focus on achieving a Care and Maintenance position and is systematically and progressively reducing the level of the hazard on a site.  Ongoing phases of the site will be

• Reactor Defuelling
• Care and Maintenance Preparations
• Care and Maintenance
• Final Site Clearance

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