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UK / Grid Operator Says Nuclear Capacity Could Double By 2050

By David Dalton
13 July 2021

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Grid Operator Says Nuclear Capacity Could Double By 2050
Two EPR units at Hinkley Point C are the only nuclear power plants under construction in the UK. Courtesy EDF.
Nuclear generation capacity in the UK could reach almost 19 GW by 2050 – up from about 9-10 GW today – with the development of the country’s first small modular reactors and the potential use of nuclear energy to produce hydrogen by electrolysis, a report by grid operator National Grid ESO says.

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