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<p>The fuel type for UK nuclear electricity generation is Uranium.</p><p>Total simultaneous
maximum load (total peak demand) met in 2013 was 51,811 MW in Great Britain – (Northern
Ireland is excluded because their network is attached to the Irish Grid). <strong>[1]</strong></p><p>Table
1 shows the current operating plants alongside their percentage of the total peak
GB demand mentioned above. We do not have any mothballed UK-based nuclear generation.</p><p>
</p><p><strong><em>Table 1 – Operating plants installed capacities (Sum total may
not add up due to rounding)</em></strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Operating
Plants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Installed
capacity/ MW</strong><sup>a</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>% of total peak GB demand</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wylfa
1</strong></p></td><td><p>Magnox</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dungeness
B 1&2</strong></p></td><td><p>AGR</p></td><td><p>1040</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hartlepool
1&2</strong></p></td><td><p>AGR</p></td><td><p>1180</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Heysham
I-1 & I-2</strong></p></td><td><p>AGR</p></td><td><p>1155</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Heysham
II-1 & II-2</strong></p></td><td><p>AGR</p></td><td><p>1220</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hinkley
Point B 1&2</strong></p></td><td><p>AGR</p></td><td><p>945</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hunterston
B 1&2</strong></p></td><td><p>AGR</p></td><td><p>960</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Torness
1&2</strong></p></td><td><p>AGR</p></td><td><p>1185</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sizewell
B</strong></p></td><td><p>PWR</p></td><td><p>1198</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total:
16 units</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>9373</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338750/DUKES_2014_printed.pdf</p><p>(Table
5.10, pg. 144 -152)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em>
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target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/337649/chapter_5.pdf</a></em></p><p>
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