Calder Hall nuclear power station (shut down in 2003)

Calder Hall was the world's first nuclear power station in 1956.

Calder Hall, 50MWe x 4, the first nuclear power station to deliver power in commercial quantities.

Calder Hall was opened in 1956 as the world's first commercial nuclear power station, and is a significant part of the UK's industrial heritage.

The world's first commercial scale power station, Calder Hall in England opened on October 17, 1956.

However, it's a bit early for Quantum, and most of us have forgotten Calder Hall completely.

Calder Hall was the world's first nuclear power reactor producing power for a national grid, though its primary purpose was military plutonium production.

Calder Hall had four cooling towers, built in 1950-1956 to cool the water from the station.

Those at Calder Hall were demolished on 29 September 2007.

Construction of the first one started at Calder Hall in March 1953.