The construction of a Sizewell C power station could be partly financed by Chinese companies – two of which are already set to invest in the first of the UK’s new nuclear plants, at Hinkley Point in Somerset.
The European Commission has launched a formal investigation to check that the deal struck over the financing of the UK’s new nuclear power stations does not contravene “state aid” regulations.
The European Commission has launched a formal investigation to check that the deal struck over the financing of the UK’s new nuclear power stations does not contravene “state aid” regulations.
Radioactive waste from Dungeness in Kent could be transported to the Sizewell A site for storage if plans being discussed by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority are adopted.
Radioactive waste from Dungeness in Kent could be transported to the Sizewell A site for storage if plans being discussed by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority are adopted.
A decision to exclude a watchdog group from a meeting about the Sizewell emergency plan is helping to destroy public confidence in the independence of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), according to the group’s chairperson.
A decision to exclude a watchdog group from a meeting about the Sizewell emergency plan is helping to destroy public confidence in the independence of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), according to the group’s chairperson.
Safety issues specifically relevant to the potential site of a third nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast will be addressed in the run up to its construction, a national watchdog has made clear.
Safety issues specifically relevant to the potential site of a third nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast will be addressed in the run up to its construction, a national watchdog has made clear.
The UK nuclear safety watchdog is expected to make an announcement in the next few weeks on whether the emergency zone around the Sizewell nuclear site should be extended.
