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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Tricastin Since the mid 1980s, the largest source of electricity in France has been nuclear power, with a generation of 379.5 TWh in 2019 and a total... 103 KB (10,722 words) - 00:51, 8 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 |
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 |
country-level statistics on nuclear power generation. In the United States, nuclear engineers are employed as follows: Electric power generation 25% Federal... 47 KB (1,679 words) - 23:08, 8 May 2024 |