Hinkley Point B nuclear power station

Hinkley Point B nuclear power station
Hinkley Point B nuclear power station
	Hinkley Point B seen from the beach
Country	United Kingdom
Location	Somerset, South West England
Coordinates	51.2090°N 3.1275°W
Status	Being decommissioned
Construction began	September 1, 1967
Commission date	Unit B1: October 30, 1976; Unit B2: February 5, 1976;
Decommission date	August 1, 2022 (Unit B1 shutdown); July 6, 2022 (Unit B2 shutdown); Expected completion: 2028;
Owner(s)	Central Electricity Generating Board; (1976–1989); Nuclear Electric; (1989–1996); British Energy; (1996–2009); EDF Energy; (2009–present)
Operator(s)	EDF Energy
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	GCR - AGR
Reactor supplier	General Electric Company, Whessoe, and Strachan & Henshaw (Graphite supplied by Anglo Great Lakes Corporation Ltd)
Cooling source	Bridgwater Bay
Thermal capacity	2 x 1494 MWt
Total electricity generated	295.85 TWh (1,065.1 PJ)
Power generation
Make and model	AGR
Units decommissioned	1 x 480 MWe + 1 x 485 MWe (Reference); 2 x 625 MWe (Design); 2 x 655 MWe (Gross);
Nameplate capacity	1250 MWe
Capacity factor	Unit B1: 76.4% (lifetime); Unit B2: 73.2% (lifetime);
Annual net output	4802.18 GWh (2021)
External links
Website	Hinkley B nuclear powr station \| EDF
Commons	Related media on Commons
	; grid reference ST211460

Hinkley Point B nuclear power station was a nuclear power station near Bridgwater, Somerset, on the Bristol Channel coast of south west England. It was the first commercial Advanced Gas Cooled reactor to generate power to the National Grid in 1976 and shares its design with sister station Hunterston B nuclear power station. It ceased operations permanently on 1 August 2022.

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