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The UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) today called for proposals from developers interested in using NDA land such as for the possible construction of new reactor units. The NDA said in January 2008 that it intended to invite proposals and today’s announcement is designed to “gauge the interest of parties wishing to use NDA land”, including the fuel manufacturing business at Springfields near Preston in Lancashire. However, the NDA said proposals for new-build would still be subject to a strategic siting assessment (a process which the UK government expects to start in the spring of this year) and other development approvals. UK business secretary John Hutton (the cabinet minister in charge of the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform) said today: “Interest in building new nuclear power stations in the UK is strong. Planning applications for new plants are likely to focus on areas in the vicinity of existing sites and so it's welcome that the NDA is making its significant land and other assets available to the market.” The NDA was established in 2005 to clean up the UK’s first generation of civil public sector nuclear facilities. It owns a varied and ageing portfolio of sites including Magnox nuclear power plants, research sites including Dounreay in Scotland, and the fuel handling, recycling and production facilities at Sellafield in north-west England. Companies interested in using NDA land have until 3 April 2008 to submit proposals, after which the NDA will decide on procedures for competitive tendering. For details or to register an interest e-mail the NDA ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ). Comments (0)
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