Site history
Construction of Dungeness A power station began in 1960 and saw the start of electicity generation in 1965. It was one of eleven Magnox nuclear power stations commissioned in the United Kingdom between 1956 and 1971.
Site operations
1965-1989: Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB)
1989-1994: Nuclear Electric plc (following the part privatisation of the CEGB)
1994-1998: Magnox Electric plc (following the transfer of the AGR and PWR nuclear power stations to British Energy plc)
1998-2004: British Nuclear Fuels plc
2004 to date: The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (following the restructuring of the UK nuclear industry and transfer of all UK nuclear legacy to the NDA)
