Nuclear power stations are surprisingly boring. It's mostly solid state, relatively quiet and inaccessible (for obvious reasons). I went on a trip to Dungeness

Nuclear power stations are surprisingly boring. It's mostly solid state, relatively quiet and inaccessible (for obvious reasons). I went on a trip to Dungeness (Kent) and it looks like you still can[0] along with 6 others. For pumped storage there is Dinorwig[1] (North Wales) and Cruachan (West Scotland). If you arrive by public transport you can get a free tour of the Cruachan pumped storage hydro plant. [0]: https://www.edfenergy.com/energy/education/visitor-centres https://www.edfenergy.com/energy/education/visitor-centres [1]: http://www.electricmountain.co.uk/ http://www.electricmountain.co.uk/ [2]: http://www.visitcruachan.co.uk/ http://www.visitcruachan.co.uk/ Edit: There's a photo at the bottom of this blog post from my visit to Cruachan last summer: https://unop.uk/mobile-gb-rail-live-departure-boards https://unop.uk/mobile-gb-rail-live-departure-boards If you're in the French Alps then you could visit Grand'Maison on a bad weather day: http://www.musee-edf-hydrelec.com/ http://www.musee-edf-hydrelec.com/