Since the turn of the century, six UK nuclear power plants have begun the long decommissioning process. A further six will end their lives within another ten years, leaving a mere 4,858MWe of power provided by nuclear facilities. It was perhaps inevitable that a new generation of plants would materialise, and the government confirmed its intentions on 10 January. The country's existing nuclear set-up is spread across nine sites. These are comprised of old Magnox gas cooled reactors at Oldbury and Wylfa, the newer advanced gas cooled reactors (AGCR) at Hartlepool, Heysham, Hunterston, Dungeness, Hinkley Point and Torness, and a single pressurised water reactor (PWR) at Sizewell B.
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