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16-09-2020, 06:30 PM
[The collapse of a project to build a new
nuclear power station at Wylfa, Wales may
accelerate government approval of a
new station at Sizewell, government and industry sources say.
The government is disappointed after Japan's Hitachi
pulled out but insists it is committed to new nuclear
as way to decarbonise the UK power supply.
It is looking at options to replace China's CGN
as an investor in Sizewell.
That could include the government taking a stake in the plant.]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54181748
[Of six sites originally identified over a decade
ago for replacements for the UK's ageing
nuclear fleet, only one is under construction,
three have been abandoned and two are waiting approval.]
nuclear power station at Wylfa, Wales may
accelerate government approval of a
new station at Sizewell, government and industry sources say.
The government is disappointed after Japan's Hitachi
pulled out but insists it is committed to new nuclear
as way to decarbonise the UK power supply.
It is looking at options to replace China's CGN
as an investor in Sizewell.
That could include the government taking a stake in the plant.]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54181748
[Of six sites originally identified over a decade
ago for replacements for the UK's ageing
nuclear fleet, only one is under construction,
three have been abandoned and two are waiting approval.]