nuclear-news

Academics and industry questioned on UK nuclear power supply.

The Science and Technology Committee begin its Delivering Nuclear Power evidence
sessions on National Engineering Day in the UK. This session examines how
UK nuclear energy production will be maintained and increased. The
Government has said nuclear power will play a key part in the UK’s energy
security and goal of reaching Net Zero emissions by 2050, setting the
intention to triple the current electricity output by 2050.

However, all but one civil nuclear reactor in the UK will be decommissioned by 2028
under current plans. And only one new reactor, Hinkley point C in Somerset,
is currently expected to be operational before 2030. In the final panel,
the Committee will question EDF executives on the four-year delay in the
construction of Hinkley Point C, completion of which is expected in 2027.
The progress in plans for a new reactor in Sizewell C in Suffolk will also
be discussed.

 UK Parliament 28th Oct 2022

https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/135/science-and-technology-committee/news/173958/academics-and-industry-questioned-on-uk-nuclear-power-supply/

October 31, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK