United Kingdom

TABLE 1: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31. DECEMBER 2015

Reactor Unit Type Net
Capacity
[MW(e)]
Status Operator Reactor
Supplier
Construction
Date
First
Criticality
Date
First Grid
Date
Commercial
Date
Shutdown
Date
UCF
for
2015
DUNGENESS B-1 GCR 520 Operational EDF UK APC 1965-10-01 1982-12-23 1983-04-03 1985-04-01 83.5
DUNGENESS B-2 GCR 520 Operational EDF UK APC 1965-10-01 1985-12-04 1985-12-29 1989-04-01 59.7
HARTLEPOOL A-1 GCR 595 Operational EDF UK NPC 1968-10-01 1983-06-24 1983-08-01 1989-04-01 58.8
HARTLEPOOL A-2 GCR 585 Operational EDF UK NPC 1968-10-01 1984-09-09 1984-10-31 1989-04-01 61.3
HEYSHAM A-1 GCR 580 Operational EDF UK NPC 1970-12-01 1983-04-06 1983-07-09 1989-04-01 43.1
HEYSHAM A-2 GCR 575 Operational EDF UK NPC 1970-12-01 1984-06-03 1984-10-11 1989-04-01 49.2
HEYSHAM B-1 GCR 610 Operational EDF UK NPC 1980-08-01 1988-06-23 1988-07-12 1989-04-01 77.2
HEYSHAM B-2 GCR 610 Operational EDF UK NPC 1980-08-01 1988-11-01 1988-11-11 1989-04-01 96.3
HINKLEY POINT B-1 GCR 475 Operational EDF UK TNPG 1967-09-01 1976-09-24 1976-10-30 1978-10-02 93.7
HINKLEY POINT B-2 GCR 470 Operational EDF UK TNPG 1967-09-01 1976-02-01 1976-02-05 1976-09-27 74.0
HUNTERSTON B-1 GCR 475 Operational EDF UK TNPG 1967-11-01 1976-01-31 1976-02-06 1976-02-06 79.9
HUNTERSTON B-2 GCR 485 Operational EDF UK TNPG 1967-11-01 1977-03-27 1977-03-31 1977-03-31 95.5
SIZEWELL B PWR 1198 Operational EDF UK PPC 1988-07-18 1995-01-31 1995-02-14 1995-09-22 100.0
TORNESS-1 GCR 590 Operational EDF UK NNC 1980-08-01 1988-03-25 1988-05-25 1988-05-25 95.5
TORNESS-2 GCR 595 Operational EDF UK NNC 1980-08-01 1988-12-23 1989-02-03 1989-02-03 70.9
BERKELEY-1 GCR 138 Permanent Shutdown ML TNPG 1957-01-01 1961-08-01 1962-06-12 1962-06-12 1989-03-31
BERKELEY-2 GCR 138 Permanent Shutdown ML TNPG 1957-01-01 1962-03-01 1962-06-24 1962-10-20 1988-10-26
BRADWELL-1 GCR 123 Permanent Shutdown ML TNPG 1957-01-01 1961-08-01 1962-07-01 1962-07-01 2002-03-31
BRADWELL-2 GCR 123 Permanent Shutdown ML TNPG 1957-01-01 1962-04-01 1962-07-06 1962-11-12 2002-03-30
CALDER HALL-1 GCR 49 Permanent Shutdown SL UKAEA 1953-08-01 1956-05-01 1956-08-27 1956-10-01 2003-03-31
CALDER HALL-2 GCR 49 Permanent Shutdown SL UKAEA 1953-08-01 1956-12-01 1957-02-01 1957-02-01 2003-03-31
CALDER HALL-3 GCR 49 Permanent Shutdown SL UKAEA 1955-08-01 1958-01-01 1958-03-01 1958-05-01 2003-03-31
CALDER HALL-4 GCR 49 Permanent Shutdown SL UKAEA 1955-08-01 1958-12-01 1959-04-01 1959-04-01 2003-03-31
CHAPELCROSS-1 GCR 48 Permanent Shutdown ML UKAEA 1955-10-01 1958-11-09 1959-02-01 1959-03-01 2004-06-29
CHAPELCROSS-2 GCR 48 Permanent Shutdown ML UKAEA 1955-10-01 1959-05-30 1959-07-01 1959-08-01 2004-06-29
CHAPELCROSS-3 GCR 48 Permanent Shutdown ML UKAEA 1955-10-01 1959-08-31 1959-11-01 1959-12-01 2004-06-29
CHAPELCROSS-4 GCR 48 Permanent Shutdown ML UKAEA 1955-10-01 1959-12-22 1960-01-01 1960-03-01 2004-06-29
DOUNREAY DFR FBR 11 Permanent Shutdown UKAEA UKAEA 1955-03-01 1959-11-14 1962-10-01 1962-10-01 1977-03-01
DOUNREAY PFR FBR 234 Permanent Shutdown UKAEA TNPG 1966-01-01 1974-03-01 1975-01-10 1976-07-01 1994-03-31
DUNGENESS A-1 GCR 225 Permanent Shutdown ML TNPG 1960-07-01 1965-06-01 1965-09-21 1965-10-28 2006-12-31
DUNGENESS A-2 GCR 225 Permanent Shutdown ML TNPG 1960-07-01 1965-09-01 1965-11-01 1965-12-30 2006-12-31
HINKLEY POINT A-1 GCR 235 Permanent Shutdown ML EE/B&W/T 1957-11-01 1964-05-01 1965-02-16 1965-03-30 2000-05-23
HINKLEY POINT A-2 GCR 235 Permanent Shutdown ML EE/B&W/T 1957-11-01 1964-10-01 1965-03-19 1965-05-05 2000-05-23
HUNTERSTON A-1 GCR 150 Permanent Shutdown ML GEC 1957-10-01 1963-08-01 1964-02-05 1964-02-05 1990-03-30
HUNTERSTON A-2 GCR 150 Permanent Shutdown ML GEC 1957-10-01 1964-03-01 1964-06-01 1964-07-01 1989-12-31
OLDBURY A-1 GCR 217 Permanent Shutdown ML TNPG 1962-05-01 1967-08-01 1967-11-07 1967-12-31 2012-02-29
OLDBURY A-2 GCR 217 Permanent Shutdown ML TNPG 1962-05-01 1967-12-01 1968-04-06 1968-09-30 2011-06-30
SIZEWELL A-1 GCR 210 Permanent Shutdown ML EE/B&W/T 1961-04-01 1965-06-01 1966-01-21 1966-03-25 2006-12-31
SIZEWELL A-2 GCR 210 Permanent Shutdown ML EE/B&W/T 1961-04-01 1965-12-01 1966-04-09 1966-09-15 2006-12-31
TRAWSFYNYDD-1 GCR 195 Permanent Shutdown ML APC 1959-07-01 1964-09-01 1965-01-14 1965-03-24 1991-02-06
TRAWSFYNYDD-2 GCR 195 Permanent Shutdown ML APC 1959-07-01 1964-12-01 1965-02-02 1965-03-24 1991-02-04
WINDSCALE AGR GCR 24 Permanent Shutdown UKAEA UKAEA 1958-11-01 1962-08-09 1963-02-01 1963-03-01 1981-04-03
WINFRITH SGHWR SGHWR 92 Permanent Shutdown UKAEA ICL/FE 1963-05-01 1967-09-01 1967-12-01 1968-01-01 1990-09-11
WYLFA-1 GCR 490 Permanent Shutdown ML EE/B&W/T 1963-09-01 1969-11-01 1971-01-24 1971-11-01 2015-12-30 76.0
WYLFA-2 GCR 490 Permanent Shutdown ML EE/B&W/T 1963-09-01 1970-09-01 1971-07-21 1972-01-03 2012-04-25
Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS).
Note: Table 7 is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report.