Magnox North

Magnox North Sites

Hunterston A

Hunterston A Site
West Kilbride
Ayrshire
KA23 9RA
 

Tel: 44 (0) 1294 824000
Fax: 44 (0) 1294 824200

Site Profile

Hunterston A power station, located on a promontory of the Ayrshire coast near West Kilbride 30 miles South West of Glasgow, is a twin reactor Magnox power station now shutdown and being decommissioned. The station, Scotland's first civil nuclear generating station and, at the time of opening, the largest in operation anywhere in the world generated around 360MW of electricity during its 25 year life - enough electricity to supply 700,000 homes.

Magnox North is the management and operations contractor responsible for the day-to-day operation of the site under contract to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

At a glance

Location: Ayrshire
Nearby towns/cities: West Kilbride (2½ miles), Glasgow (30 miles)
Site area: 65 hectares
Number of current employees: 172 core/59 agency