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Dungeness power station tipped for nuclear return as government ‘aware’ of interest

Dungeness power station tipped for nuclear return as government
‘aware’ of interest. The government has suggested Kent’s scrapped
nuclear power station could start generating energy again – despite being
decommissioned. Dungeness power station previously produced enough
electricity for a million homes a year before defuelling began in 2021.

But ministers say they are “aware” of interest from developers in
establishing new small modular reactors (SMRs) at the Romney Marsh site.
Last month, the government published its ‘nuclear energy generation’
policy, which outlines where nuclear reactors could be built without naming
specific locations. However, ministers have previously said Dungeness is
being considered for the new project. In September, Lord Patrick Vallance,
minister of state at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
(DESNZ), listed the Marsh headland as a potential location for new nuclear
power.

 Kent Online 29th Dec 2025, https://www.kentonline.co.uk/romney-marsh/news/scrapped-power-station-tipped-for-nuclear-return-under-new-p-334408/

December 31, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK