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The Government has today published a consultation on the Justification of new nuclear power stations following an application from the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA). EU law requires that before any new nuclear power station is built, their designs must be “justified”. This involves high-level, generic assessment to determine whether the overall benefit of the practice of ionizing radiation outweighs any associated health detriment. The Government published a White Paper on Nuclear Power in January 2008. This said that energy companies should have the option of investing in new nuclear power stations and set out a programme of actions which need to be taken by Government to facilitate this investment. One of these actions relates to Justification. Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change Mike O’Brien announced the publication of the consultation document. He said: “This Justification process is yet another example of the facilitative actions the government is taking to support new nuclear power in the UK. At the same time it gives people the opportunity to have their say on the benefits and detriments of the practices involved.” “Justification is just one step on the way to new nuclear. There will be many more opportunities for the public to have their say along the road, such as siting and planning applications.” The consultation closes on 25 March 2009. A copy of the consultation and related papers is available at http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/energy/sources/nuclear/consultations/open/page44523.html Please find below pdf versions of the NIA Justification Application.  justification application vol1 inc addendums vol 2 final low resComments (0)
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