The headland and the coastline between Pett Level and Hythe are volatile . In recorded history Walland Marsh to the west of the power stations has been flooded . In the space of sixty years severe inundation occurred , temporarily bringing the sea inland to Appledore and the original mouth of the River Rother from north of the headland at Romney to the south at Rye Harbour . The site is a few metres above Mean Sea Level and would be isolated in the event of flooding of the magnitude that submerged large areas of East Anglia and the Netherlands in 1953 . It has been conjectured that the hurricane of 1987 did not bring the sea to the stations because there was a low tide at the time . Climate change could cause more frequent and powerful storms , and associated waves and surges are possible though not probable , and might increase the instability of the headland
in 1953
North Sea flood of 1953
Dungeness Nuclear Power Station