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posted by janrinok on Friday July 29 2016, @09:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the at-a-price dept.

Two Soylentils wrote in with information about plans for a new nuclear reactor in the UK.

UK Likely to Build its First New Nuclear Power Plant in Decades

After years of delays, approval is likely imminent for what would become the UK's first new nuclear power plant in decades:

Energy giant EDF will make its long-awaited final investment decision on the planned nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, ending doubts over the £18bn project. The French firm's board meets in Paris on Thursday and is expected to give the go-ahead for the first nuclear power station to be built in the UK for a generation. UK unions have said they would warmly welcome such a decision, much-delayed, saying workers were "raring to go" – with 25,000 jobs set to be created.

Environmental groups including Greenpeace have criticised any go-ahead, calling for investment in homegrown renewable energy like offshore wind. Fresh criticism is also expected over the government's promise to pay EDF £92.50 for each megawatt hour of energy it generates.

Hinkley Point C (HPC) would provide 7% of the UK's electricity over its estimated lifetime of 60 years and is scheduled to begin generating power in 2025, several years later than planned.

Also at The Conversation.

Hinkley Point: New hitch for UK nuclear plant deal

The BBC reports that

Plans to build the first new UK nuclear plant in 20 years have suffered an unexpected delay after the government postponed a final decision until the early autumn.

French firm EDF, which is financing most of the £18bn Hinkley Point project in Somerset, approved the funding at a board meeting.

Contracts were to be signed on Friday.

But Business Secretary Greg Clark has said the government will "consider carefully" before backing it.

The proposed Hinkley Point nuclear power plant in Somerset County in southwestern England. According to an Eagle Radio report,

The Government has said it will not make a final decision on whether to build a new nuclear power plant in Somerset until Autumn [...]


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2016, @10:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2016, @10:28AM (#381470)

    Who needs nuclear power when Putin promised to provide us with cheap gas forever? Or we could use power of the English sky to power London for "free"?

    /sarcasm, if you didn't catch it