As of 2023, the nuclear power reactors in the United Kingdom had a mean age of 36.1 years. There were nine operative reactors in total in the UK and 36 nuclear reactors permanently shutdown in the country, as of June 2023.
Number of nuclear power reactors in the United Kingdom as of July 2023, by age class
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Number of nuclear power reactors in the United Kingdom as of July 2023, by age class [Graph], WNISR, & Mycle Schneider Consulting, & Various sources (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (Germany), Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (Germany), Natural Resources Defense Council, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, EWS Schönau, The Greens/EFA, Schweizerische Energie-Stiftung SES), December 12, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1351863/age-of-nuclear-power-reactors-united-kingdom/