HINKLEY Point B now holds the UK record for generating more electricity than any other nuclear power station in the country.

It has achieved the milestone of generating 300 TWh (terawatt hours) of low-carbon electricity since coming online in 1976.

That is enough to power every home for almost three years while avoiding the production of 105 million tonnes of C02e, the equivalent of removing all cars from the roads for one and a half years.

Operating 24 hours a day, the station continues to play an important role in the fight against climate change and the UK’s ambition to make net-zero emissions possible.

Hinkley Point B started operating in February 1976, making history when it became the first of the then Central Electricity Generating Board’s advanced gas cooled reactors to connect to the national grid.

It became the UK’s 12th operational commercial nuclear power station and today employs over 700 people, contributing to EDF Energy’s wider multi-million pound a year contribution to the South West economy.

Peter Evans, Hinkley Point B station director, said: “Achieving the 300 TWh milestone is a fantastic achievement and really signifies the huge contribution Hinkley Point B power station has made to low carbon generation in the UK over the years.”