UK Nuclear Sites Map Overview
The UK has a wide network of nuclear sites, including power stations, research facilities, defence installations, and waste management centres. Below is a summary of key sites based on the most up-to-date available data.
Active Nuclear Power Stations (Operational)
Hinkley Point B – Somerset (Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor – AGR)
Hunterston B – Ayrshire, Scotland (AGR)
Sizewell B – Suffolk (Pressurised Water Reactor – PWR)
Heysham 1 & 2 – Lancashire (AGR – Heysham 1 is decommissioning, Heysham 2 remains operational)
Note: As of 2026, Hinkley Point B, Hunterston B, Sizewell B, and Heysham 2 are the only operating nuclear power stations in the UK.
Decommissioning and Closed Sites
Dungeness B – Kent (Decommissioning, closed in 2021)
Bradwell – Essex (Closed in 2002, decommissioning ongoing)
Berkeley – Gloucestershire (Closed in 1989, decommissioning ongoing)
Calder Hall – Cumbria (Closed in 2003, decommissioning ongoing)
Chapelcross – Dumfries and Galloway (Closed in 2004, decommissioning ongoing)
Torness – East Lothian (Closed in 2021, decommissioning ongoing)
Hartlepool – County Durham (Closed in 2023, decommissioning ongoing)
Nuclear Weapons and Defence Sites
Aldermaston – Berkshire – Design and development of UK nuclear warheads (AWE)
Burghfield – Berkshire – Final assembly and maintenance of nuclear weapons
Faslane Naval Base (Clyde) – Argyll – Home to Vanguard-class submarines armed with Trident missiles
Coulport – Loch Long – Storage and handling of Trident missile warheads
Dounreay – Caithness – Former site for fast breeder reactors and submarine reactor testing (decommissioning)
Key Research and Waste Management Sites
Culham (JET) – Oxfordshire – Experimental fusion reactor (Joint European Torus)
Winfrith – Dorset – Former research site (decommissioned)
Sellafield – Cumbria – Major reprocessing and waste management site (decommissioning)
Drigg – Cumbria – Low-level radioactive waste repository (operational)
Capenhurst – Cheshire – Uranium enrichment facility (operational)
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The UK has a wide network of nuclear sites, including power stations, research facilities, defence installations, and waste management centres. Below is a summary of key sites based on the most up-to-date available data.
Active Nuclear Power Stations (Operational)
Hinkley Point B – Somerset (Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor – AGR)
Hunterston B – Ayrshire, Scotland (AGR)
Sizewell B – Suffolk (Pressurised Water Reactor – PWR)
Heysham 1 & 2 – Lancashire (AGR – Heysham 1 is decommissioning, Heysham 2 remains operational)
Note: As of 2026, Hinkley Point B, Hunterston B, Sizewell B, and Heysham 2 are the only operating nuclear power stations in the UK.
Decommissioning and Closed Sites
Dungeness B – Kent (Decommissioning, closed in 2021)
Bradwell – Essex (Closed in 2002, decommissioning ongoing)
Berkeley – Gloucestershire (Closed in 1989, decommissioning ongoing)
Calder Hall – Cumbria (Closed in 2003, decommissioning ongoing)
Chapelcross – Dumfries and Galloway (Closed in 2004, decommissioning ongoing)
Torness – East Lothian (Closed in 2021, decommissioning ongoing)
Hartlepool – County Durham (Closed in 2023, decommissioning ongoing)
Nuclear Weapons and Defence Sites
Aldermaston – Berkshire – Design and development of UK nuclear warheads (AWE)
Burghfield – Berkshire – Final assembly and maintenance of nuclear weapons
Faslane Naval Base (Clyde) – Argyll – Home to Vanguard-class submarines armed with Trident missiles
Coulport – Loch Long – Storage and handling of Trident missile warheads
Dounreay – Caithness – Former site for fast breeder reactors and submarine reactor testing (decommissioning)
Key Research and Waste Management Sites
Culham (JET) – Oxfordshire – Experimental fusion reactor (Joint European Torus)
Winfrith – Dorset – Former research site (decommissioned)
Sellafield – Cumbria – Major reprocessing and waste management site (decommissioning)
Drigg – Cumbria – Low-level radioactive waste repository (operational)
Capenhurst – Cheshire – Uranium enrichment facility (operational)
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And they say we're 'conspiracy theorists' for wanting to talk about CLONES? #Lulz
ROYAL CLONING PLOT!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15667943/Fergies-plot-clone-Queens-corgis-reality-TV-Just-you-thought-ex-Duchess-sink-lower-reveal-extraordinary-plan-sell-genetic-replicas-monarchs-beloved-pets.html
ROYAL CLONING PLOT!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15667943/Fergies-plot-clone-Queens-corgis-reality-TV-Just-you-thought-ex-Duchess-sink-lower-reveal-extraordinary-plan-sell-genetic-replicas-monarchs-beloved-pets.html
"My Orders were to Kill all who were not selected and who were denied this information and these Orders came from U.K. and U.S. Masonic Order Government Officials." https://formerfreemasons.com/?p=54
The Times of Israel
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46 minutes ago - The missile, which is assessed to have carried a conventional warhead with hundreds of kilograms of explosives, injured dozens and caused extensive damage.
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46 minutes ago - The missile, which is assessed to have carried a conventional warhead with hundreds of kilograms of explosives, injured dozens and caused extensive damage.
'Enemy to be astonished': IRGC declares 'missile dominance' over occupied territories
Last Update: Saturday, 21 March 2026 8:58 PM ]
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/21/765675/Iran-war-Israel-missile-dominance-IRGC-United-States
Last Update: Saturday, 21 March 2026 8:58 PM ]
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/21/765675/Iran-war-Israel-missile-dominance-IRGC-United-States
PressTV
'Enemy to be astonished': IRGC declares 'missile dominance' over occupied territories
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)
On Saturday, an unnamed military source told the Tasnim news agency that Iran used a domestically-developed air defense system to hit the US F-35 stealth fighter jet.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/21/765673/US-F-35-jet-hit-by-Iran-won-t-be-operational-anytime-soon,-pilot-wounded--Report
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/21/765673/US-F-35-jet-hit-by-Iran-won-t-be-operational-anytime-soon,-pilot-wounded--Report
the Navy doesn’t have enough missiles in inventory to fully load its own ships — not even once — across the entire fleet.
https://www.theinteldrop.org/2026/03/21/flash-us-military-is-out-of-missiles-and-iran-knows-it/
https://www.theinteldrop.org/2026/03/21/flash-us-military-is-out-of-missiles-and-iran-knows-it/