Hartlepool nuclear power plant

Hartlepool nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Hartlepool nuclear power plant is the 3rd largest of 4 operating nuclear sites in the United Kingdom, holding 20% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 121st of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up in 1989; the median unit is 37.0 years old, the same as the median in the United Kingdom.

The 2 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 14.8 to 16.1 years (median 15.5) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Heysham nuclear power plant (131 km) and Torness nuclear power plant (167 km).

The tracker lists a planned retirement year, a forecast and not a decision on record, for 2 operating units: Unit A1 (2028) and Unit A2 (2028).

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.