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Naomi Hart, Hunterston from Great Cumbrae at night (April 2023)

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Torness nuclear reactor shut by faulty valve

One of the nuclear power reactors at Torness in East Lothian has been shut down following a problem with a valve, prompting increased concerns about its future.

EDF Energy, the French company that runs Torness, has said that reactor two went offline on 23 June because a key valve in the steam turbine closed. It is investigating what went wrong, and hoping to restart the reactor on 30 June.

Reactor one at Torness, which is still running, is now the only one of four reactors in Scotland currently generating electricity. The other two reactors at Hunterston in North Ayrshire have been closed for most of the last two years because of spreading cracks in their graphite cores.

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EDF had wanted to run the reactors at Hunterston passed their scheduled decommissioning despite the cracks in the reactors. Let’s hope they stay closed. An accident at either power plant could conceivable render large parts of central Scotland uninhabitable although the prevailing winds make an accident at Hunterston the more likely of the two to do so.

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Cadet Branches of the Hunter Surname

Cadet Branches of the Hunter Surname

1. Hunter Orby of Croyland Abbey, county Lincoln 2. Hunter of Restinct, county Forfar 3. Hunter of Long-Calderwood, county Lanark 4. Hunter of Kirkland, county Ayr 5. Hunter of Thurston, county Haddington 6. Hunter of Doonholm, county Ayr 7. Hunter of Abbotshill, county Ayr now of Barjarg county Dumfries 8. Hunter Blair (Baronet) of Blairquhan, county Ayr

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Hunter of Hunterston, Ayrshire, Scotland

Hunter of Hunterston, Ayrshire, Scotland

Hunter arms over fireplace, Hunterston Castle, Ayrshire

John Huntar, 14th Laird of Hunter, succ 1487,  built the Great Hall at Hunterston 1500, married Margaret Cathcart [dau of John Cathcart, 2nd Baron Cathcart], and was killed in the Battle of Flodden 1513.

Source:  Hunter by Peter Barns-Graham

Clan Hunter UK (Hunter Of Hunterston)

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Tonight At Hunterston by Brian Travelling This photograph was made at the north of Hunterston just outside of Fairlie, North Ayrshire. I like this area because if you get the timing right, you can see the Heron Gulls fishing for food, unfortuneately, they are rather shy and not a bird that wants me to photograph it though I will keep trying. Maybe I need one of those huge birding nature lenses where you can shoot your subjects crystal clear from 5 miles away. http://flic.kr/p/UHmdBU

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Tonight At Hunterston by Brian Travelling This photograph was made at the north of Hunterston just outside of Fairlie, North Ayrshire. I like this area because if you get the timing right, you can see the Heron Gulls fishing for food, unfortuneately, they are rather shy and not a bird that wants me to photograph it though I will keep trying. Maybe I need one of those huge birding nature lenses where you can shoot your subjects crystal clear from 5 miles away. http://flic.kr/p/UHmdBU

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That's a start #sketch #Hunterston #procrastinating