UK nuclear power generation fleet

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf nuclear power generation fleet
gptkbp:capacity about 5.9 GW
about 9 GW
gptkbp:composedOf gptkb:Hartlepool
gptkb:Dungeness_B
gptkb:Heysham_1
gptkb:Heysham_2
gptkb:Hunterston_B
gptkb:Torness
gptkb:Sizewell_B
gptkb:Hinkley_Point_B
gptkb:Hinkley_Point_C
gptkbp:contributionToElectricity about 15% (2023)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Chapelcross
gptkb:Berkeley
gptkb:Calder_Hall
gptkb:Dungeness_A
gptkb:Hunterston_A
gptkb:Wylfa
gptkb:Trawsfynydd
gptkb:Bradwell
gptkb:Hinkley_Point_A
gptkb:Oldbury
gptkb:Sellafield
gptkb:Sizewell_A
gptkbp:emissionStandard very low
gptkbp:expansion gptkb:Hinkley_Point_C
gptkb:Sizewell_C
Small Modular Reactors
Advanced Modular Reactors
gptkbp:firstCommercialOperation 1956
gptkbp:firstPlant gptkb:Calder_Hall
gptkbp:fuelType gptkb:uranium
plutonium
gptkbp:governmentResponse strong (as of 2023)
gptkbp:historicalReactorType gptkb:AGR
gptkb:Magnox
PWR
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label UK nuclear power generation fleet
gptkbp:majorIncidents gptkb:Windscale_fire_(1957)
gptkbp:operator gptkb:EDF_Energy
gptkbp:perceivedAs mixed
gptkbp:policyTarget 24 GW by 2050
25% of electricity by 2050
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Office_for_Nuclear_Regulation
gptkbp:technology gptkb:Advanced_Gas-cooled_Reactor
gptkb:Pressurised_Water_Reactor
gptkbp:wasteType gptkb:Nuclear_Decommissioning_Authority
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Heysham_Nuclear_Power_Station
gptkb:Hunterston_nuclear_power_station
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8