| UK nuclear will be safe and deliverable | | Print | |
| Thursday, 26 November 2009 | |
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THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (NIA) has today stated unequivocally that new nuclear for the UK can be delivered on time, at no cost to the public and with safety as its foremost priority. Following a recent Newsnight programme which called the delivery of new nuclear into question; NIA has confirmed that it utmost confidence that the Generic Design Assessment is providing an appropriately rigorous assessment of the designs being proposed for build in the UK and remains confident that the new build process will be delivered to the timescales the industry has outlined. NIA Chief Executive Keith Parker commented: “It is quite right that any new design of nuclear reactor proposed for build in the UK is subjected to the most thorough scrutiny. That the regulators ask for clarification or alteration of designs is a sign of how all-encompassing this assessment is”. He continued: “The industry is confident that we can have the first new stations operating in the UK by the end of 2017. The UK’s innovative approach of full design assessment prior to any construction means that we will avoid many of the delays which can be seen elsewhere in the world”. Mr Parker also noted that all the reactor designs built in the UK would have been previously developed elsewhere, meaning that “first-of-a-kind” delays would be avoided. Referring to the issue of industry delivery capability, Mr Parker noted that: “We are seeing a fundamentally different industrial-landscape for new build – unlike anything seen previously in the UK. This will be a privately funded and privately delivered new build programme. The supply-chain is gearing up and the utilities are ready to invest”. New nuclear is essential in reducing our carbon emissions and securing our energy supplies. Along with renewables, energy-efficiency and fossil fuels with carbon-capture, nuclear must be at the heart of the UK’s energy mix going forward. Comments (1)
Newsnight one-sided reporting
Whilst Newsnight dramatically reported on the problems of the first-of-a-kind EPR in Finland they did not mention the good progress being made at Flamanville 3 nor did they mention the progress on new EPR and AP1000 reactors being built in China. |
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