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Nuclear power plant

A nuclear power plant was a power station which generated nuclear power.

Several nuclear power plants were located in the Dalek city on Skaro. (COMIC: City of the Daleks [+]The Dalek Book (Dalek annuals, Souvenir Press, 1964).)

During the early days of UNIT, they established themselves at nuclear power stations, which helped to build their reputation. (PROSE: UNIT History: Fighting the unknown [+]BBC webteam, U.N.I.T. (BBC, 2005).)

In the 1970s, the alien Zeld drained power from the Grestonspey nuclear power plant. (PROSE: The Ghouls of Grestonspey [+]Doctor Who Annual 1971 (Doctor Who annual, 1970).)

In the 1980s, Iris Wildthyme rescued Magda, who had been driven mad by the pollution from a nuclear power plant. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme [+]Paul Magrs, Iris Wildthyme (Snowbooks Ltd, 2011).)

On 26 April 1986, the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine went into meltdown, rendering the entire area uninhabitable. (COMIC: Black Destiny [+]Gary Russell, DWM Comics (Marvel Comics UK, 1996).)

In 2006, Blaidd Drwg was a proposed nuclear power plant to be built in Cardiff. It was deliberately designed so that if a meltdown were to occur, it would react with the Cardiff Rift to destroy the entire planet. (TV: Boom Town [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).)

In 2008, the Eleventh Doctor asked Amy Pond if Leadworth has a nuclear power plant, which it did not. (TV: The Eleventh Hour [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 5 (BBC One, 2010).)

In the early 21st century, a meltdown at Turnmill Nuclear Power Station outside Cardiff was averted thanks to Owen Harper, albeit at the cost of his own life. (TV: Exit Wounds [+]Chris Chibnall, Torchwood series 2 (BBC Two, 2008).)

In 2011, Miss Myers planned to destroy the Metalkind at Summerwell Nuclear Power Station, but the plant's core was shut down by Clyde Langer and Rani Chandra. (TV: Sky [+]Phil Ford, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 5 (CBBC, 2011).)

In the 2020s, Turkey Point 3 went into meltdown, and in 2040, terrorists attempted to blow up the Pickering power station. (PROSE: The Nuclear Option [+]Richard Salter, Short Trips: 2040 (Short Trips short stories, 2004).)

By the time of the 22nd century Dalek invasion of Earth, Battersea Power Station had been converted into a nuclear power plant. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth [+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 2 (BBC1, 1964).)

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