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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]
This is a list of current and former electricity-generating power stations in England. For lists in the rest of the UK, including proposed stations, see the see also section below. Note that DESNZ maintains a comprehensive list of UK power stations .
The first move to plug the United Kingdom's projected energy gap was the construction of the conventionally gas-fired Langage Power Station and Marchwood Power Station which became operational in 2010. In 2007, proposals for the construction of two new coal-fired power stations were announced, in Tilbury, Essex and in Kingsnorth, Kent. If built ...
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):
Hinkley Point C nuclear power station (HPC) is a two-unit, 3,200 MWe EPR nuclear power station under construction in Somerset, England. [ 4 ] The site was one of eight announced by the British government in 2010, [ 5 ] and in November 2012 a nuclear site licence was granted.
On its formation in 1954, the authority was responsible for the United Kingdom's entire nuclear programme, both civil and defence, as well as the policing of nuclear sites. It made pioneering developments in nuclear (fission) power, overseeing the development of nuclear technology and performing much scientific research.
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.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom. Note that the DBERR maintains a comprehensive list of UK power ...