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Thursday, September 23, 2021

UK Nuclear Fleet Strategy Update - September 2021

Nuclear power has been quietly supplying up to 20% of the UK’s electricity for a few decades, helping limit the country’s carbon emissions. This contribution will change quickly as the existing fleet of nuclear power stations starts to retire from 2022, and so we are facin

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

EDF welcomes the completion of the agreement with Government for the AGR defueling and decommissioning programme

EDF CEO, Simone Rossi said: “We are committed to delivering value to the taxpayer via the Nuclear Liabilities Fund (NLF) and the revised arrangements provide the certainty we need to plan and deliver safe and cost-effective defueling.

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Thursday, April 8, 2021

Update on Dungeness B power station

An update on the outlook for Dungeness B power station which has been offline since September 2018.

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Thursday, September 24, 2020

EDF welcomes regulator’s permission for Hunterston B restart

Hunterston B's Station Director's reaction to ONR approval for reactor restart

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Workers on the fuelling machine at Hunterston B

Thursday, August 27, 2020

EDF to restart Hunterston B power station and confirms plan to move into decommissioning phase by January 2022

EDF has received approval to start generating low carbon power again from one of the reactors at Hunterston B power station in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Friday, March 6, 2020

EDF statement on capacity market auction (T-4 2023/24)

EDF has secured one-year agreements for more than 5,000 MW of generation for the delivery year 2023-24, playing its part in securing Great Britain's future electricity supply.

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Friday, January 31, 2020

EDF statement on capacity market auction (T-3 2022/23)

The capacity market is a Government scheme designed to ensure that there is sufficient capacity to ensure the security of electricity supply in Great Britain in future years. The latest auction – designed to secure capacity for three years ahead - cleared today at £6.44/kW, which represents very good value for electricity customers.