About Hunterston B
Hunterston B is a nuclear power station on the west coast of Scotland. It is capable of supplying electricity to approximately 1.7 million UK homes.
- Station Director: Colin Weir
- Total supply to the national grid: 965MW
- Reactor type: 2 Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors
- Coolant: Carbon dioxide gas (CO2)
- Start of construction: 1968
- Start of generation: 1976
- Estimated decommissioning date: 2023
- People: Approximately 520 full time EDF Energy employees plus over 250 full time contract partners
Daily plant status
Find out the status of our eight nuclear power stations, which is updated on weekdays.
Latest news and community updates
- Hunterston B graphite update | Dec 2018
- Letter to employees | Brian Cowell - Generation Managing Director
- Update to local stakeholder group on Reactor 4 inspections | 22 Nov 2018 [PDF]
- Letter to stakeholder group on inspection progress | 20 Aug 2018 [PDF]
- Reactor 3 graphite inspection update | 3 Jul 2018 [PDF]
Graphite
At Hunterston B we have been conducting the most extensive investigation programme ever undertaken on the graphite core of our reactors. You can find out more about the role of graphite in our reactors, and the results of our inspections by following the link below.
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.
Community
EDF Energy and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority hold regular joint meetings (Site Stakeholder Group or SSG) with local people, the media, council and emergency services representatives and local politicians to maintain regular communications about the nuclear site. This meeting is independently chaired.
The next SSG is 6 December 2018 at Seamill Hydro Hotel, 39 Ardrossan Road, Seamill, KA23 9ND. Lunch is at 1pm, followed by the meeting at 1.30pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend; these meetings will be advertised in the local press.
Safety and reporting
Our number one priority is safety. Find out about EDF Energy's commitment to Zero Harm.
Contact us
- Address:
EDF Energy
Hunterston B power station
West Kilbride
Ayrshire
KA23 9QX
- Reception:
+44 (0)1294 826000
- Media requests:
Fiona McCall
fiona.mccall@edf-energy.com
+44 (0)1355 846281
- Community requests:
Nikki Thomson
nikki.thomson@edf-energy.com
+44 (0)1294 826157
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