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I.O. " Ciencias varios " British official photograph: crown copy ringht reserved issued by the central office of information Londos " " Scotland's first nuclear power station opened at chapelccass" "A basket of 24 fuel elements ( uranium rods ) is loaded into a charging machine for positioning inside No. 1 reactor al chapelccass Scotland 's first nuclear power station, officially opened early this month ( may ) by Sir John Crabbé, Lord-Licutenant of Dumfriesshise. The No. 1 reactor has been in operatión since last Febreary and the other trhee are scheduled to start up later this year. Eventually,Chapelcross-with a gencrating capacity of 184,000 kilowalls-will feed about 14,000 kilowatts to Britain's national electrocity system. Chapelcrossis the second nuclear power station now operating in Britain-and only the fourth inthe world. Its four reactors are identical to those at Calder Hall power station in Cuberland, wich was the world's first full-state commercial nuclear power station . Like Calder Hall,it is intended primarily for the production of plutonium, with electricity asa by-product . By 1966, when Britain's present ten-year nuclear power Britain's electricity will be generated by nuclear power . Ten years later practically all the country's suply will come from this source" Sello: v.f. 785951