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UK / Nuclear Output Falls To Lowest Level Since 1982, Industry Warns Of ‘Procrastination’

By David Dalton
4 January 2024

‘We have known literally for decades that the existing fleet would retire in the 2020s’

Nuclear Output Falls To Lowest Level Since 1982, Industry Warns Of ‘Procrastination’
The only commercial nuclear plants under construction in the UK are two EPR units at Hinkley Point C. Courtesy EDF.
The UK’s nuclear output has fallen to its lowest level since 1982 with the industry warning that new reactors are needed urgently after decades of procrastination by successive governments.

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