Proposed nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom
Proposed nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom, with currently shelved proposals in italics, are:[1]
| Name | Location | Proposed output | Proposed builder | Proposed reactor type | start of construction | proposed start of generation | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradwell B | Essex | 2.3 GW | CGN and EDF | Hualong One | 2030 | Target commercial operation date about 2030[2] | ||
| Hinkley Point C | Somerset | 3.2 GW | EDF | EPR | 2018 | 2023 | Construction began December 2018. | |
| Moorside | Cumbria | ~3 GW | NuGeneration | - | 8 November 2018 Toshiba announced withdrawal from the development[3] | |||
| Oldbury | Gloucestershire | 2.7 GW | Horizon Nuclear Power | ABWR | Shelved in January 2019[4] | |||
| Sizewell C | Suffolk | 3.2 GW | EDF and CGN | EPR | 2021 (proposed) | The project has completed its stage 4 consultation, which is allowing EDF to submit its planning application which is expected to be at the start of 2020, before a decision is made on the plants future in 2020. After this construction is expected to start around 2021, with an accelerated timeline due to the replication of the Hinkley point C power plant on the site. On 27 May 2020, EDF energy put in a development consent order application, prior to the start of construction at the site [5] | ||
| Wylfa Newydd | Anglesey | 3.0 GW | Horizon Nuclear Power | ABWR | Shelved in January 2019.[4] | |||
| Total | 17.4 GW |
Two other sites, Heysham and Hartlepool, were identified as possible locations in 2010 but no commercial proposals were made for these sites.[6]
References
- Vaughan, Adam. "UK takes £5bn stake in Welsh nuclear power station in policy U-turn". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- "China General Nuclear ready to ramp up UK ambitions". World Nuclear News. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- "Toshiba Nugen Liquidation Announcement" (PDF). Toshiba Corporation. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- Vaughan, Adam (17 January 2019). "Hitachi scraps £16bn nuclear power station in Wales". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- EDF. https://www.edfenergy.com/media-centre/news-releases/sizewell-c-dco. Retrieved 2 June 2020. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - "Nuclear power: Eight sites identified for future plants". BBC. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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