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Sizewell C has signed an agreement with EDF Energy for the freehold of the land required for construction of a new NPP on UK’s Suffolk coast. Sizewell C is expected to host two EPR reactors producing 3.2 GWe similar to the Hinkley Point C plant, under construction in Somerset. EDF Energy submitted a development consent order (DCO - planning application) for the plant in May 2020, which was granted in July 2022. In March, the UK's Environment Agency granted environmental permits. In January, Sizewell C NPP triggered its DCO, opening the way to formal construction.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 30 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssizewell-c-agrees-to-land-purchase-11642777
Final investment decision for two reactors due this year
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/sizewell-c-developer-acquires-land-for-planned-nuclear-station-3-2-2024
Report says valve system had not been properly maintained
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 15 February 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/regulator-says-heysham-steam-leak-could-have-caused-serious-injury-2-3-2024
The defuelling of the first reactor at the UK’s Hunterston B NPP has been completed, on time and on budget, EDF Energy reported. Reactor 3 was defuelled in 16 months and work is due to start shortly on Reactor 4.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdefuelling-of-first-reactor-complete-at-hunterston-b-11164076
EDF has confirmed plans to extend operation of unit 1 at the UK’s Heysham NPP and Hartlepool NPP for a further two years until 2026.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsedf-extends-operation-of-hartlepool-and-heysham-by-two-years-10673457
The Unit B2 (Reactor 4) of the Hunterston NPP in North Ayrshire, Scotland, was permanently shut down on 7 January after generating electricity for 46 years.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfinal-shutdown-for-uks-hunterston-b-9388015
The UK has opened for consultation its assessment of a new financing model aimed at reducing the cost of new nuclear power plant projects by having consumers pay upfront through their energy bills. A solution is needed urgently because nuclear energy is seen as a vital part of the government's commitment to cutting the country's carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Seven of the UK’s eight existing nuclear plants are set to be retired by 2030.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 23 July 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-considers-Regulated-Asset-Base-model-to-finance
The UK has opened for consultation its assessment of a new financing model aimed at reducing the cost of new nuclear power plant projects by having consumers pay upfront through their energy bills. A solution is needed urgently because nuclear energy is seen as a vital part of the government's commitment to cutting the country's carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Seven of the UK’s eight existing nuclear plants are set to be retired by 2030.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 23 July 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-considers-Regulated-Asset-Base-model-to-finance
The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and the Environment Agency (EA) have completed "initial high-level scrutiny" of the UK HPR1000 reactor design. The design now moves onto the third of four stages in the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 15 November 2018
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-HPR1000-moves-to-next-step-of-design-assessment
EDF Energy CEO Vincent de Rivaz told UK parliament's Energy and Climate Change Committee on 23 March that the Hinkley Point C nuclear project in the UK will "clearly and categorically" go ahead with a final investment decision at the beginning of May. He said: "It will go ahead because we have the expertise, the supply chain and our long-standing partners CGN [China General Nuclear]. We are confident in this project and in the EPR technology."
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 26 March 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-parliament-scrutinises-uk-plans-4847996