NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CONFIRMED AT MOORSIDE
West Cumbria is to get a new nuclear power station: NuGen, the UK nuclear new-build developer, announced today that it has officially signed a contract with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for the Moorside site.
Feasibility studies at Moorside have now confirmed the site is suitable for the construction of three reactors.
NuGen have paid an undisclosed sum to the NDA for the land and the contract was approved at a meeting in Tokyo today. NuGen chief executive Tom Samson signed the land deal with the NDA’s chief executive John Clarke.
Mr Samson was delighted at the “major milestone for NuGen’s Moorside project”.
“This is a key moment in our Moorside Project journey," he said. "Our board has reached a decision of significance which confirms Moorside is suitable, against criteria at this stage of the development.
“This is great news for the north west, and particularly for west Cumbria, the UK’s nuclear heartland. We are delighted to be taking forward Moorside, a massive development which will supply some 7 per cent of the UK’s future electricity.”
Site characterisation studies will continue at Moorside in the autumn and will feed in to detailed planning and site layout work.
Mr Clarke added: “The completion of this stage of the land sale brings a range of benefits both nationally and locally.
"It supports the initiative to have west Cumbria recognised as a centre of nuclear excellence, building on over six decades of nuclear expertise in the area, whilst delivering excellent value for money for the taxpayer and the national economy.”
There will of course, have to be major improvements in local infrastructure to make this project work but I regard this as great news and, judging by the massive proportion of local votes cast for strongly pro-nuclear candidates at national and local elections earlier this year in West Cumbria, so will the majority of people who live in the area.
Feasibility studies at Moorside have now confirmed the site is suitable for the construction of three reactors.
NuGen have paid an undisclosed sum to the NDA for the land and the contract was approved at a meeting in Tokyo today. NuGen chief executive Tom Samson signed the land deal with the NDA’s chief executive John Clarke.
Mr Samson was delighted at the “major milestone for NuGen’s Moorside project”.
“This is a key moment in our Moorside Project journey," he said. "Our board has reached a decision of significance which confirms Moorside is suitable, against criteria at this stage of the development.
“This is great news for the north west, and particularly for west Cumbria, the UK’s nuclear heartland. We are delighted to be taking forward Moorside, a massive development which will supply some 7 per cent of the UK’s future electricity.”
Site characterisation studies will continue at Moorside in the autumn and will feed in to detailed planning and site layout work.
Mr Clarke added: “The completion of this stage of the land sale brings a range of benefits both nationally and locally.
"It supports the initiative to have west Cumbria recognised as a centre of nuclear excellence, building on over six decades of nuclear expertise in the area, whilst delivering excellent value for money for the taxpayer and the national economy.”
There will of course, have to be major improvements in local infrastructure to make this project work but I regard this as great news and, judging by the massive proportion of local votes cast for strongly pro-nuclear candidates at national and local elections earlier this year in West Cumbria, so will the majority of people who live in the area.
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