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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]
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° Longitude: 3° 7′ 49.52″ W -3.130424° Hinkley Point C nuclear power station
Nuclear (magnox) 200: 1956: 2003: 2007 (cooling towers) 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 ...
Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station, also known as Wylfa B, was a proposed project to construct a 2,700 MWe nuclear power station with two ABWR reactors in Anglesey, Wales. [1] The project was owned by Horizon Nuclear Power which is a subsidiary of Hitachi , [ 2 ] who are also the main shareholder in Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, the supplier of ...
On 10 March 2012, the first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, 200 anti-nuclear campaigners formed a symbolic chain around Hinkley Point to voice their opposition to new nuclear power plants, and to call on the coalition government to hold back on its plan for seven other new nuclear plants across the UK. The human chain was planned ...
A view of the Sizewell A & B nuclear power stations. Since the sale of British Energy to Électricité de France (EDF) in February 2009, plans for a further twin-unit reactor to be built at Sizewell have looked increasingly likely. [48] Sizewell already has a connection agreement in place for a new nuclear power plant to be built. [49]
The Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant under construction (now halted) This table lists stations under construction stations without any reactor in service. Planned connection column indicates the connection of the first reactor, not thus whole capacity.
The advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) is a type of nuclear reactor designed and operated in the United Kingdom. These are the second generation of British gas-cooled reactors, using graphite as the neutron moderator and carbon dioxide as coolant. They have been the backbone of the UK's nuclear power generation fleet since the 1980s.