Workers gathered to watch the movement of the pressure vessel starting, during the construction of Berkeley Nuclear Power Station

Date:: 15 Oct 1957

Location:: Berkeley Power Station, Ham And Stone, Berkeley, Stroud, Gloucestershire

Reference:: JLP01/01/077/40

Type:: Photograph (Print)

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Description

Berkeley Nuclear Power Station was the first commercial nuclear power station in the United Kingdom and one of the first generation of nuclear reactors in Britain. It had two Magnox reactors and was one of four stations located close to the mouth of the River Severn and the Bristol Channel. Laing were the civil engineers for the project with work commencing on 7th January 1957. The nuclear power station came into service in 1962 but has since been decommissioned following its closure in 1989.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Volume: JLP01/01/077 Construction of Berkeley Nuclear Power Station; within the Series: JLP01/01 John Laing Photographic Collection Project Albums; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

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Keywords

Mid 20th Century Nuclear Power Station, Construction