Calder, Cumbria

Human settlement in England
  • Ponsonby
District
  • Copeland
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  • Cumbria
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  • North West
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England
Cumbria
54°25′04″N 3°29′19″W / 54.4177°N 3.4886°W / 54.4177; -3.4886

Calder is a small hamlet in Cumbria, England.

It is overlooked by the Sellafield nuclear plant—Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station was the world's first major nuclear power station when it opened in 1956.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Calder Hall Power Station". The Engineer. 5 October 1956. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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