Bradwell B nuclear power plant — United Kingdom

Bradwell B nuclear power plant is a 2,300 MW nuclear power station in , United Kingdom. It ranks #10 of 2,860 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 12.4% of United Kingdom's electricity; the national grid averages 217 gCO₂/kWh (64.4% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_nuc_bradwellb_unite.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (shelved); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 2,300 MW, Bradwell B nuclear power plant is well above the median nuclear plant in United Kingdom (965 MW). Technically it is described as pressurized water reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Shelved” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #4 largest nuclear power plant of 25 in United Kingdom by capacity.

United Kingdom has 25 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 27,683 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Bradwell · Wind · 20.5 MW · England
• Langenhoe Solar Farm · Solar · 21.3 MW · England
• Middlewick · Wind · 20.7 MW · England
• Turncole · Wind · 17.5 MW · England
• Land Adjacent Claypits Farm (a) · Solar · 5 MW · England
• Birch Airfield · Solar · 5.6 MW · England

Location

Coordinates 51.7428, 0.9047 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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