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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 Electric Ltd is the tier 1 management and operations contractor on the Hunterston A site and as such we manage the day-to-day activities of the site licensee company Magnox Electric Ltd on behalf of 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
