Nuclear power in the United Kingdom generated 16.1% of the country's electricity in 2020. As of August 2022[update], the UK has 9 operational nuclear... 137 KB (13,779 words) - 19:36, 18 April 2024 |
In 1952, the United Kingdom became the third country (after the United States and the Soviet Union) to develop and test nuclear weapons, and is one of... 189 KB (21,572 words) - 00:55, 15 April 2024 |
was the last of the United Kingdom's second generation nuclear power plants to be commissioned. Construction of this facility began in 1980 for the then... 14 KB (1,255 words) - 19:57, 2 May 2024 |
Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station is a former Magnox nuclear power station at Sellafield in Cumbria in North West England. Calder Hall was the world's first... 13 KB (1,293 words) - 00:06, 6 May 2024 |
The Sizewell nuclear site consists of two nuclear power stations, one of which is still operational, located near the small fishing village of Sizewell... 44 KB (4,344 words) - 17:39, 10 April 2024 |
nuclear power station (Welsh: Atomfa Trawsfynydd) is a former Magnox nuclear power station situated in Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. The... 12 KB (1,192 words) - 10:04, 23 April 2024 |
The Dungeness nuclear power stations are a pair of non-operational nuclear power stations located on the Dungeness headland in the south of Kent, England... 33 KB (3,211 words) - 06:22, 9 March 2024 |
portal Nuclear technology portal Nuclear power in the United Kingdom Anti-nuclear movement in the United Kingdom Economics of new nuclear power plants... 24 KB (2,431 words) - 12:25, 7 March 2024 |
A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power stations, heat is... 56 KB (6,286 words) - 17:46, 1 May 2024 |
Hinkley Point C nuclear power station (HPC) is a two-unit, 3,200 MWe EPR nuclear power station under construction in Somerset, England. The site was one... 132 KB (11,429 words) - 19:20, 7 May 2024 |
January 2008 announced the go-ahead for new nuclear power stations to be built across the United Kingdom. In response, Scotland's then First Minister Alex... 6 KB (563 words) - 19:58, 9 April 2024 |
Rajasthan Tarapur Nuclear power is the fifth-largest source of electricity in India after coal, gas, hydroelectricity and wind power. As of November 2020[update]... 73 KB (7,491 words) - 04:49, 3 May 2024 |
Asia. The United States is the largest producer of nuclear power, while France has the largest share of electricity generated by nuclear power, at about... 11 KB (614 words) - 04:16, 2 May 2024 |
Chashma Nilore Karachi In Pakistan, nuclear power is provided by six commercial nuclear power plants with a net capacity of 3,262 megawatts (3.262 GW)... 46 KB (4,221 words) - 08:44, 5 May 2024 |
Berkeley nuclear power station is a former Magnox nuclear power station situated on the bank of the River Severn in Gloucestershire, England. The ongoing... 11 KB (977 words) - 06:12, 7 June 2023 |
Sizewell C nuclear power station is a project to construct a 3,200 MWe nuclear power station with two EPR reactors in Suffolk, England. The project was... 49 KB (4,502 words) - 19:20, 7 May 2024 |
The United Kingdom is the best location for wind power in Europe and one of the best in the world. The combination of long coastline, shallow water and... 114 KB (11,205 words) - 19:22, 8 May 2024 |
Thorium-based nuclear power generation is fueled primarily by the nuclear fission of the isotope uranium-233 produced from the fertile element thorium... 73 KB (7,303 words) - 04:51, 11 May 2024 |
in 1954, the authority was responsible for the United Kingdom's entire nuclear programme, both civil and defence, as well as the policing of nuclear sites... 23 KB (1,964 words) - 09:43, 24 April 2024 |
of nuclear power as realized through the first artificial fission of atoms that would lead to the Manhattan Project and, eventually, to using nuclear fission... 70 KB (7,260 words) - 15:19, 6 May 2024 |