The Korean company interested in buying into Cumbria’s nuclear new build has said it is ‘competing’ to supply reactors for the project. Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco), which is in discussions about taking a stake in NuGen, which has plans for a new power station at Moorside, near Sellafield, has said it has found the British firm “positive” about using its APR-1400 technology. This issue has long been seen as a stumbling block to Kepco becoming a Moorside investor because American company Westinghouse Electric is due to provide three of its AP1000 reactors to the project.
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