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Written by Richard
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Monday, 09 November 2009 16:47 |
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Go-ahead for 10 nuclear stations
The government has approved 10 sites in England and Wales for new nuclear power stations, most of them on the sites of existing plants.
It has rejected only one proposed site - in Dungeness, Kent - as being unsuitable on environmental grounds.
A decision on where plants will be built will be taken by a new commission after national and local consultation.
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said nuclear was "proven and reliable" and would help secure future energy supply.
The 10 sites deemed suitable for future nuclear plants are: Bradwell in Essex, Braystones, Kirksanton and Sellafield in Cumbria, Hartlepool, Heysham in Lancashire, Hinkley Point in Somerset, Oldbury in Gloucestershire, Sizewell in Suffolk and Wylfa in North Wales.
Seven of the proposed locations are already home to nuclear plants while Bradwell was home to one in the past.
Braystones and Kirksanton are the only new sites under consideration.
Ministers hope to fast-track the construction of the new plants so that some can be producing energy by as early as 2018.
Mr Miliband said the planning commission would have to make a decision on each application within a year of receiving it, to avoid a repeat of previous lengthy inquiries.
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Last Updated on Monday, 09 November 2009 16:51 |