| MEGARAD | Big unit at nuclear power station, say, in terrible drama |
| CONGRATULATE | Praise when got at nuclear explosion (12) |
| MEAN | Openings for music even at nuclear base (4) |
| CHERNOBYL | A city in Ukraine; site of a nuclear power station accident in 1986 (9) |
| CALDERHALL | Former nuclear power station at Sellafield in Cumbria (6,4) |
| SAINTJOAN | Junta leader intervenes in a nation's terrible drama (5,4) |
| THEPITS | Family of statesmen, say, in terrible situation |
| REGGAE | Part of 21, say, in terrible rage |
| ENGENDERED | Gave rise to female, say, in terrible need (10) |
| RANDYJOHNSON | Pitcher nicknamed The Big Unit who led the MLB in strikeouts in the 1990s (2 538) and 2000s (2 182): 2 wds. |
| RADIATION | Dangerous particles at a nuclear power station, perhaps (9) |
| SIZEWELL | Measure water source in place of nuclear power station |
| DUNGENESS | Nuclear power station site in Kent |
| BRADWELL | Former magnox nuclear power station on the Dengie peninsula in Essex |
| TORNESS | Site of nuclear power station in East Lothian, commissioned 1988 (7) |
| FASTBREEDER | Rabbit found at a nuclear power station? (4-7) |
| SHEER | Unqualified to do skilled work in station, say |
| RAILWAYMAN | Wary animal upset porter at station, say (10) |
| NUTTER | Madman - last one in station, say (6) |
| EGMORE | Station say, one in Madras as an alternative/second to Central (6) |
