Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset transferred from EDF to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) for decommissioning, according to a news story published on 1 October 2026. The site will be managed by NDA subsidiary Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS), which also handles the neighbouring Hinkley Point A site. Around 250 people working on site were transferring from EDF to NRS.

The station was the first British-designed Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor to export electricity to the national grid, in 1976, and finished generating in 2022. The source states it produced enough zero-carbon electricity to power every home in the South West of England for 33 years, and that between 1976 and 2024 it generated more than £15bn worth of economic value to the UK. Defueling was completed on time and on budget, with more than 4,900 elements of spent fuel removed over three years and taken to Sellafield.

NDA Group CEO David Peattie said the mission continues to expand, while Energy Minister Michael Shanks called the transfer an important new chapter. Hinkley Point B is the second AGR site to transfer to the NDA, after Hunterston B earlier in 2026. Dungeness B was planned to transfer before the end of the decade, alongside Hartlepool, Heysham 1, Heysham 2 and Torness as they complete their generating life.