EDF Energy plans to extend life of four UK nuclear power plants

Torness, near Dunbar on the Scottish east coast, is one of EDF’s four advanced gas-cooled reactors in the UK. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

EDF is planning to extend the life of four nuclear power stations in the UK and increase investment in its British nuclear fleet.

The French energy company, which manages Britain’s eight nuclear power stations, said it would make a decision on whether to extend the life of the four plants with advanced gas-cooled reactors (AGR) – Torness, Heysham 1 and 2, and Hartlepool – by the end of the year. This would require regulatory approval.