Great British Nuclear

  • Heysham 1 Nuclear Power Station, owned and operated by EDF, houses two Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs) with a combined capacity of 1,155 MW. Since its beginning in 1983, the plant located on the northwest coast of England near Lancaster has produced 243 TWh of zero-carbon electricity. Courtesy: EDF
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    Two More UK AGR Nuclear Plants Get Further Lifetime Extensions

    EDF will extend the lifetimes of two UK nuclear power plants—Heysham 1 in Lancashire and Hartlepool in Teesside—by an additional 12 months to March 2028 in a bid to secure the country’s energy security as it faces a looming nuclear capacity cliff and heightened reliance on imported gas. The French-owned utility confirmed that 1.2-GW Heysham 1 in […]

  • Westinghouse's AP300 SMR, (300-MWe/900 MWth), is based on the licensed and operating AP1000 pressurized light water technology. Courtesy: Westinghouse
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    UK Shortlists Six Nuclear Designs in SMR Competition, Intends to Award Contract by Summer 2024

    Six nuclear designs will advance to the next phase of the UK’s Small Modular Reactor (SMR) competition, a fast-track measure that could result in a government contract within the next 10 months as part of a strategy to deliver operational SMRs by the mid-2030s. EDF, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), Holtec Britain, NuScale Power, Rolls Royce SMR, […]