Nuclear energy consumption in the United Kingdom amounted to 450 petajoules in 2020, down by roughly 50 petajoules from the previous year. During the period in consideration, figures presented a trend of decline, peaking at nearly one exajoule in 1998 and reaching the record low in 2020.
Nuclear energy consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1998 to 2020*
(in exajoules)
* Based on gross generation and not accounting for cross-border electricity supply. ’Input-equivalent’ energy is the amount of fuel that would be required by thermal power stations to generate the reported electricity output.
Details on thermal efficiency assumptions are available in the appendices and definitions page and here.
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BP. (July 8, 2021). Nuclear energy consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1998 to 2020* (in exajoules) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 27, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/265532/nuclear-energy-consumption-of-the-uk/
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