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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]
In March 2012, E.ON and RWE Npower placed Horizon up for sale as a going concern. [5] [6] [7] One bidder was a joint venture of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group and the China National Nuclear Corporation. [8] However, on 29 October 2012, it was announced that Hitachi would buy Horizon for £696 million, [9] and the sale was completed on 26 ...
BKW FMB Energy is the owner of the Mühleberg Nuclear Power Plant and has a stake in the Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant. Alpiq: Switzerland Electricity generation Alpiq has interest in the Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant (40%) and Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant (32%). It plans to build the Niederamt Nuclear Power Plant. BHP: UK / Australia Uranium mining
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 31 August 2021, EDF announced the sales of its 1332 MW combined cycle gas turbine power station and 49 MW battery at West Burton B to EIG. [11] The UK's nuclear stations, run by EDF, reached a milestone in November 2021, clocking up 2000 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity – enough to power all the UK's homes for more than 18 years. [12]
Sizewell C nuclear power station is a project to construct a 3,200 MWe nuclear power station with two EPR reactors in Suffolk, England. [3] The project was proposed by a consortium of EDF Energy and China General Nuclear Power Group , which own 80% and 20% of the project respectively.
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 ...
The Urenco Group is a British-German-Dutch nuclear fuel consortium operating several uranium enrichment plants in Germany, the Netherlands, United States, and United Kingdom. [1] It supplies nuclear power stations in about 15 countries, and states that it had a 29% share of the global market for enrichment services in 2011.