Hinkley Point A nuclear power station

Hinkley Point A nuclear power station
Hinkley Point A nuclear power station
	Hinkley Point A twin buildings housing the Magnox reactors
Country	England
Location	Hinkley Point, Somerset, South West England
Coordinates	51.2087°N 3.1337°W
Status	Decommissioning in progress
Construction began	November 1, 1957
Commission date	Unit 1: February 16, 1965; Unit 2: March 19, 1965;
Decommission date	May 23, 2000
Owner(s)	Central Electricity Generating Board (1965–1989); Nuclear Electric (1989–1996); Magnox Electric (1996-2005); Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (2005-present);
Operator(s)	Magnox Ltd
Nuclear power station
Reactors	2 (Units A-1 & A-2)
Reactor type	GCR - Magnox
Reactor supplier	English Electric & Babcock & Wilcox Ltd
Cooling source	Sea water (Severn Estuary)
Thermal capacity	2 x 900 MWt
Power generation
Make and model	English Electric
Units decommissioned	2 x 235 MWe (net); 2 x 267 MWe (gross);
Nameplate capacity	500 MWe
Capacity factor	72.4% (lifetime)
Annual net output	3,261 GW⋅h (11,740 TJ) (1994)
External links
Website	www.gov.uk/government/collections/our-sites/
Commons	Related media on Commons
	; grid reference ST211460

Hinkley Point A nuclear power station is a former Magnox nuclear power station. It is located on a 19.4-hectare (48-acre) site in Somerset on the Bristol Channel coast, 5 miles (8 km) west of the River Parrett estuary. The ongoing decommissioning process is being managed by Nuclear Decommissioning Authority licensee Magnox Ltd.

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