Reactor: GCR Location: South East of Kent, England In the News: Dungeness 1982 Construction started on Unit B1 1985 Unit B1 commissioned for commercial use, construction started on Unit B2 and commissioned for commercial use 2009 Brought down for maintenance 2010 After maintenance Unit...

Reactor: GCR Location: northern bank of the mouth of the River Tees, 2.5 mi (4.0 km) south of Hartlepool in County Durham, North East England In the News: Hartlepool 1969 Constructed started on Units 1 & 2 1970 Construction delayed when the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate declared...

Reactor: GCR Location: Heysham, Lancashire, England In the News: Heysham 1970 Construction of Heysham A1, which was undertaken by British Nuclear Design & Construction ('BNDC') 1979 The construction of Heysham A2, which was undertaken by a consortium known as National Nuclear...

Reactor: GCR Location: Somerset on the Bristol Channel coast In the News: Hinkley Point 1967 The construction of Hinkley Point B, was undertaken by a consortium known as The Nuclear Power Group ('TNPG') 1976 The station began generating electricity 1989 It was taken over by Nuclear...

Reactor: GCR Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland In the News: Hunterston 1976 The construction of Hunterston B was undertaken by a consortium known as The Nuclear Power Group ('TNPG') and started generating electricity 2007 Reactors were restricted to operating at a reduced level of...

Reactor: PWR Location: Sizewell Suffolk, England In the News: Sizewell 1970 The 'nuclear island' at Sizewell B is based on a Westinghouse '4-loop' plant known as SNUPPS (Standard Nuclear Unit Power Plant System) initially designed 1980 Sizewell B was announced as a PWR power...

Reactor: GCR Location: Edinburgh at Torness Point near Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. In the News: Torness 1973 SSEB sought approval of the Secretary of State for Scotland for Torness as a site for a nuclear power station 1975 The Secretary of State for Scotland granted the SSEB statutory...

Reactor: GCR Location: Oldbury-on-Severn in South Gloucestershire, England In the News: Oldbury 1967 The construction was undertaken by a consortium known as The Nuclear Power Group ('TNPG') 2008 The power station was due to cease operation but an by the UK Nuclear Decommissioning...

Reactor: GCR Location: Cemaes Bay, Anglesey, Wales In the News: Wylfa 1963 The construction of the power station, and was undertaken by British Nuclear Design & Construction ('BNDC') 1969 Wylfa houses two 490 MW Magnox nuclear reactors, "Wylfa-1" and "Wylfa-2"...

Below you will find the following information on the proposed new nuclear power plants in United Kingdom: Dedicated page per proposed new plant Schedules for new nuclear power license and construction Projections for when the plant will be online Dungeness Hartlepool Heysham ...