Proposed nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom
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Proposed nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom include: [1]
| Name | Location | Proposed output |
Proposed builder |
Proposed reactor type |
Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradwell B | Essex | 2.3 GW | CGN and EDF | Hualong One | [1] | |
| Hinkley Point C | Somerset | 3.2 GW | EDF | EPR | [2] | |
| Moorside | Cumbria | 3.0 GW | NuGeneration | - | [3] | 8 November 2018 Toshiba announced withdrawal from the development[2] |
| Oldbury | Gloucestershire | 2.7 GW | Horizon Nuclear Power | ABWR | [4] | |
| Sizewell C | Suffolk | 3.2 GW | EDF and CGN | EPR | [5] | |
| Wylfa Newydd | Anglesey | 3.0 GW | Horizon Nuclear Power | ABWR | [6] | |
| Total | 17.4 GW |
Two other sites, Heysham and Hartlepool, were identified as possible locations in 2010 but these appear to have been dropped. [3]
References[edit]
- ^ Vaughan, Adam. "UK takes £5bn stake in Welsh nuclear power station in policy U-turn". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Toshiba Nugen Liquidation Announcement" (PDF). Toshiba Corporation. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Nuclear power: Eight sites identified for future plants". BBC. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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