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Dungeness B

nuclear power station, Dungeoness, England, United Kingdom

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Dungeness B was one of two nuclear power stations built on the Dungeness promontory in Kent, England. The first station, Dungeness A, began generating electricity in the mid-1960s and was decommissioned in 2006. Dungeness B, with two reactors, commenced power generation in the mid-1980s. The Dungeness promontory is a triangular area of shingle on England's south coast, projecting into the English Channel.12

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