Oldbury Nuclear Power Station, opened in 1967, was located on a 39 hectare site 15 miles north of Bristol on the south bank of the River Severn in South Gloucestershire. It was operated by Magnox Limited on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). It had two Magnox reactors producing 424 megawatts (MWe) in total.

It was shut down in February 2012 after 44 years of safe and successful operation, generating 137.5 TWh.