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Heysham 2 Power Station Latitude: 54° 2′ 0″ N 54.033333° Longitude: 2° 54′ 0″ W -2.9° Hinkley Point A nuclear power station (not operating) Latitude: 51° 12′ 30.81″ N 51.208559° Longitude: 3° 7′ 49.52″ W -3.130424° Hinkley Point B nuclear power station (not operating) Latitude: 51° 12′ 30.81″ N 51.208559°
Nuclear power accounts for roughly 60% of Ontario's power generation, and represents the baseload of its power supply. [1] The government plans to maintain nuclear power's role in energy generation through to 2025. Ontario currently has 18 nuclear units in operation.
Nuclear power in the United Kingdom generated 16.1% of the country's electricity in 2020. [1] As of August 2022, the UK has 9 operational nuclear reactors at five locations (8 advanced gas-cooled reactors (AGR) and one pressurised water reactor (PWR)), producing 5.9 GWe. [2]
Power station No. of units Net capacity under construction (Construction start Planned connection Country Location; Akkuyu: 4: 4,456: 2015: 2025 Turkey Bushehr: 2 2100 2017
This is a list of all the commercial nuclear reactors in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. The list only includes civilian nuclear power reactors used to generate electricity for a power grid. All commercial nuclear reactors use nuclear fission. As of December 2024, there are 419 operable power reactors in the world, with a ...
4x50 MW. First nuclear power station in the UK. Cambridge [6] Cambridge Cambridgeshire East Coal 7.26 1966? Canterbury [1] Canterbury Kent South East 51°17'03"N 1°05'10"E Coal 4.4 1900 1960 Yes Carlisle: Carlisle Cumbria North West 54°53'25"N 2°56'10" Coal 5.25 1899 1927 No Building extant Carlisle: Carlisle Cumbria North West
Non-renewable power stations are those that run on coal, fuel oils, nuclear, natural gas, oil shale and peat, while renewable power stations run on fuel sources such as biomass, geothermal heat, hydro, solar energy, solar heat, tides, waves and wind.
The following pages list the power stations in the United Kingdom, by region: List of power stations in England; List of power stations in Northern Ireland; List of power stations in Scotland; List of power stations in Wales; The following page lists the power stations in the British Crown Dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man):