Hinkley Point B

About Hinkley Point B

Hinkley Point B is a nuclear power station near Bridgwater in Somerset. The station was the first Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor to generate electricity to the grid in the UK.

Station Director: Peter Evans
Reactor type: 2 Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors
Total supply to the national grid: 965 MW
Coolant: Carbon dioxide gas (CO2)
Start of construction: 1967
Start of generation: 1976
Estimated decommissioning date: 2023
People: Approximately 535 full time EDF Energy employees, plus over 220 full time contract partners

Power station - Hinkley Point B

Hinkley Point B is a nuclear power station near Bridgwater in Somerset. The station was the first Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor to generate electricity to the grid in the UK.

Daily plant status

Find out which reactors at our eight nuclear power stations are in service and what they are generating.

This information is updated on weekdays.

Latest news and community updates

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Letter to the Hinkley Site Stakeholder Group - 8 June 2020

An update to the community on Covid-19 measures on site and reactor outages

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Debbie Ison from Hinkley Point C has joined the Taunton Scrubbers group who are sewing scrubs and masks for frontline NHS staff.

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Hinkley Helping the NHS with Essential Supplies

8,000 face masks have been donated to Taunton’s Musgrove Park hospital by EDF’s Hinkley Point B and C sites.

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Tommy Banner from the Wurzels, Alice Ward from Prostate Cancer UK and Peter Evans, Hinkley Point B Station Director at the launch of the stations partnership with Prostate Cancer UK.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Local star Tommy Banner Launches Hinkley Point B’s Charity Partnership with Prostate Cancer UK

Tommy Banner, accordionist and vocalist with The Wurzels, played a starring role as Hinkley Point B began its efforts in support of EDF’s new charity partnership with Prostate Cancer UK.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Record Breaking: Hinkley Point B Hits New Milestone for Low Carbon Electricity

This week Hinkley Point B in Somerset achieved the milestone of generating 300 TWh of low-carbon electricity since coming online in 1976. The station now holds the UK record for generating more electricity than any other nuclear power station in the country.

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Visit us

Drop into our visitor centre or book a station tour to see for yourself how we generate electricity in a nuclear power station.

Our visitor centre has an interactive exhibition where you can find out more about nuclear power generation. We also offer pre-booked tours of the power station and it's all free of charge

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Community

EDF Energy and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority hold regular joint meetings with local people, the media, council and emergency service representatives and local politicians, to maintain regular communications about the nuclear site. This meeting is independently chaired.

The next Site Stakeholder Group meeting will be held on Friday 8 March 2019.

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Safety and reporting

Our number one priority is safety. Find out about EDF Energy's commitment to Zero Harm.

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Hinkley Point C

EDF Energy is planning to build two new reactors at Hinkley Point - known as Hinkley Point C.

Learn more about Hinkley Point C

Contact us

Address:
EDF Energy
Hinkley Point B power station
Nr Bridgwater
Somerset
TA5 1UD
Reception:
+44 (0)1278 654600
Media requests:
Andrew Cockcroft
Andrew.Cockcroft@edf-energy.com
+44 (0)1278 484098
Community requests:
Dave Stokes
dave.stokes@edf-energy.com
+44 (0)1278 654699