nuclear power station

Hunterston B reactor needs ‘additional technical analysis’

Colin Weir, station director at EDF Energy's Hunterston B nuclear power station, has written an open letter outlining that reactor 3 needs additional technical assessment. Last month the energy giant announced that reactor 4 was due to come online after it was inspected by it and the Office for Nuclear Regulation.

04/09/2019

News

Toshiba pulls plug on Cumbria nuclear power plant plans

The Japanese multinational announced that it is liquidating its UK nuclear new build arm NuGen.

08/11/2018

News

Wylfa nuclear site will be ‘considerably cheaper’ than Hinkley

Leon Flexman, corporate affairs director at Hitachi-backed Horizon Nuclear Power said that cost reductions in the Wylfa project are having a knock-on impact on the strike price, the guaranteed floor for the sum it will be paid for generating electricity.

27/09/2018

News

Brookfield in talks to buy Moorside nuclear plant developer

Toshiba is holding discussions with asset management giant Brookfield about taking its stake in the troubled Moorside nuclear project.

20/09/2018

News

Plaid Cymru leader pledges to review party’s energy policy

Plaid Cymru opposition to Horizon’s Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant is stiffening as the Welsh nationalists’ leader has pledged to carry out a review of her party’s energy policy.

29/08/2018

News

Unions urge government to invest in Moorside nuclear plant

Two of the country’s biggest unions have urged the government to take a stake in the Moorside nuclear power plant as its backer NuGen has announced that it is reviewing the troubled project.

01/08/2018

News

EU court confirms Hinkley subsidies do not breach rules

The Austrian government sought to overturn the decision on the basis the promotion of nuclear power does not constitute a common interest of member states, and the reactor technology being used at the Somerset plant is not new.

16/07/2018

News

NIC urges government to back renewables over nuclear

The government should agree support for only one more new nuclear power station before 2025, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has advised.

10/07/2018

News

Load More