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Nuclear power stations in the UK

5 nuclear power stations with a combined 5,883 MW of installed capacity, from the UK government's register of power stations (DESNZ, DUKES table 5.11) and Octary's own records. Open any station for its capacity, operator, location map, nearby stations and source.

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Nuclear power stations use heat from nuclear fission to raise steam for turbines. UK designs include Magnox and advanced gas-cooled reactors (AGR) and the pressurised water reactor (PWR) at Sizewell B.

StationTypeCapacityStageRegionOperator
Heysham 2 Nuclear power station 1,240 MW Operating North West EDF Energy
Torness Nuclear power station 1,200 MW Operating Scotland EDF Energy
Sizewell B Nuclear power station 1,198 MW Operating East of England EDF Energy
Hartlepool Nuclear power station 1,185 MW Operating North East EDF Energy
Heysham 1 Nuclear power station 1,060 MW Operating North West EDF Energy
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Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) table 5.11, plus Octary's records of legacy and decommissioned sites. Capacities are installed capacity, not live output. For hand-written histories and engineering diagrams of the UK's major stations, see the power stations atlas.