Dungeness (Kent) 27 Jan., 2019
Keywords: Wind power generator, Nuclear power generator,
Spit, land reclamation
I visited to Dungeness to observe spit and nuclear power generator on it.
Dungeness is located on cuspate foreland in the
south-eastern coast of Britain Island adjacent to English Channel (Fig. 1).
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| Fig. 1. Location of Dungeness. |
Gravel and sand spread on the ground there. The wind is very
strong and a lot of wind turbines are built (Fig. 2).
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| Fig. 2. Wind turbines and gravely ground. |
Not only wind power generators, but also nuclear power plant
are built in this city (Fig. 3).
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| Fig. 3. Nuclear power plant in Dungeness. |
The plant is located near the beach which face
to English Channel without any shore protections.
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| Fig. 4. Nuclear power plant and English Channel. |
It looks danger but the
beach is now glowing (170 m from 1940 to 2013 in eastern side)(Fig. 5).
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| Fig. 5. Historical change of coast line. |
The
Beach nourishment is essential to the safety of the plant. On the other hand,
coast lines where Japanese power plants are located in are protected by
embankment made from concrete because most of Japanese coast is being eroded due to
dams construction after 1970’s.
