Scotland's first nuclear site now hailed as best town for natural environment

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For decades, the little town in Dumfries-shire was primarily recognised as the location of Scotland's inaugural nuclear power facility. ‌

Drivers travelling across the border via the M74 would spot the quartet of cooling towers belonging to the Chapelcross atomic facility in Annan , releasing steam into the atmosphere. ‌

The plant commenced operations in May 1959 to generate plutonium for Britain's nuclear weapons programme, with the power supplied to the National Grid regarded as a secondary benefit of the operation. ‌

Chapelcross served as the companion facility to Calder Hall in Cumbria, which launched in 1955 and became the globe's first nuclear power plant to generate electricity on an industrial scale.

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The Scottish facility ceased