NuGeneration’s project to build a nuclear power plant of up to 3.8 GWe gross capacity at Moorside in West Cumbria will be the first opportunity for lenders to enter the UK’s nuclear power program, CEO Tom Samson told World Nuclear News in an interview. Samson spoke on the side of the conference Nuclear Energy’s Role in the 21st Century: Addressing the Challenge of Financing that was held in Paris last week. The event was jointly organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC). A joint venture between Toshiba and Engie, NuGen says it combines the strengths of its two globally-recognised parent companies, with proven operating and engineering experience, and AP1000 nuclear reactor technology provided by Westinghouse Electric Company, a group company of Toshiba. Sanmen 1 in China’s Zhejiang province is expected to be the first AP1000 to begin operating. Four AP1000 reactors are being built in the USA – two each at Vogtle and Summer – while three AP1000s are also proposed for the Moorside site.
World Nuclear News 17th May 2016 read more »
NUCLEAR chiefs have admitted there will be a one-year delay in production of the first power from a proposed new plant for West Cumbria – before the facility has even secured planning permission. Campaign group Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment (Core) claims the delay is NuGen’s “belated realisation that its original timetable was just pie in the sky”. NuGen responds however that the start date was planned many years in advance and the newly-announced date change is due to elements “out of its control”.
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AS bosses behind plans to build a nuclear power station in Cumbria reveal the facility has been delayed by a year, we want to know what you think.
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Reiach and Hall Architects and William Matthews Associates are among the six finalist teams in the RIBA’s competition for Cumbria’s £10 billion Moorside nuclear power station.
Architects Journal 17th May 2016 read more »