New Nuclear plant proposals

The Whitehaven news has a story here about proposals by RWE Npower, the British arm of a German company, to build two PWR nuclear power plants in Copeland. Both proposals would be for sites near the coast which are currently farmland, one "between Sellafield and Egremont" and the other "around Millom."

According to the story, the firm has secured an option to buy land at both sites, and the Egremont proposals will be accompanied by a bid for a 3.6 Gigawatt grid connection.

On the face of it, this appears to be a very serious proposal, and the fact that companies are lining up to put forward bids for new nuclear build in West Cumbria bodes well for our chances of securing new nuclear facilities. It also disproves the argument by some anti-nuclear campaigners that nuclear power cannot be economic without subsidy.

However, nothing can be taken for granted yet. There will have to be full public consultation, safety and environmental impact assessments, the National Grid will have to look at the grid proposals and the NDA will make the final decision on which sites get approval.

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