Safety and reporting

Nuclear generation: Our journey towards Zero Harm

EDF is one of the UK’s largest energy companies and its largest producer of low-carbon electricity. Because nuclear safety is our overriding priority, we have produced a summary of our nuclear safety and waste policies, and management systems.

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Protecting the public

Safety is our number one priority. Nuclear power stations are highly regulated in all security and safety matters. Our safety standards are rightly very high and our emergency arrangements are rigorously planned and rehearsed.

Safety Event Reporting

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Fukushima response

Following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan on 11 March 2011, and the subsequent nuclear incident at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, EDF has committed to further enhance its robust safety standards across its fleet of eight nuclear power plants.

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Nuclear plant status

See a weekday update of the statuses of our nuclear power stations.

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Our sustainability roadmap

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain's biggest generator of zero carbon electricity(1). But with size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.

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Jobs at EDF

Interested in working at EDF? Find out about our graduate programmes, apprenticeships, internships and current vacancies.

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Notes

UK Fuel Mix disclosure information, published by Government Department BEIS, recognises electricity from wind, solar and nuclear fuel produces zero carbon dioxide emissions at the point of generation.

The zero-carbon electricity purchased is supplied to the National Grid. Customers receive electricity via the National Grid, not directly from zero-carbon generators.

The below table summarises zero-carbon generation by company demonstrating EDF generating 32.4%. The data supporting the table below and the % values is sourced from a mixture of industry settlement data and the UK government renewable obligation database.

ZERO-CARBON GENERATION SUMMARY BY COMPANY		2020	2020
Supplier name	zero-carbon	GWh of zero-carbon electricity generation	% of overall zero-carbon electricity generation
EDF	zero-carbon	37,968	32.4%
CENTRICA	zero-carbon	9,101	7.8%
RWE	zero-carbon	5,060	4.3%
E.on	zero-carbon	2,195	1.9%
SSE	zero-carbon	5,424	4.6%
ScottishPower	zero-carbon	4,364	3.7%
Drax	zero-carbon	-	-
Orsted	zero-carbon	9,523	8.1%
EPH	zero-carbon	-	-
Equinor	zero-carbon	1,182	1.0%
Vattenfall	zero-carbon	1,783	1.5%
Fred Olsen Renewables	zero-carbon	1,100	0.9%
Macquarie	zero-carbon	3,504	3.0%
Ventient Energy	zero-carbon	562	0.5%
Statkraft	zero-carbon	370	0.3%
Eneco	zero-carbon	316	0.3%
Falck Renewables	zero-carbon	251	0.2%
RES	zero-carbon	320	0.3%
SGRE	zero-carbon	245	0.2%
Greencoat	zero-carbon	318	0.3%
Community Windpower	zero-carbon	329	0.3%
OTHER	zero-carbon	33,243	28.4%
TOTAL	zero-carbon	118,805	100%