Support for local housing, leisure facilities, transport and local ecology schemes are just some of the ways Somerset residents will benefit from a £30 million package from EDF Energy.
The company has signed an agreement with West Somerset Council and a local landowner which will see the energy company providing £30 million to mitigate the impacts of the works to prepare the site for the proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
The largest single building at Bradwell nuclear power station is being demolished over the next few weeks. This landmark event is being filmed by a static camera on the site, and you can watch the progress by clicking here: http://www.magnoxsouthsites.com/bringing-the-house-down Read it all..
Foreign Office Minister and Member of Parliament for Taunton Deane, Jeremy Browne called in at EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point site this month to see for himself plans for a new nuclear power station. Read it all..
Written ministerial statement from the Department for Work and Pensions, Minister for Employment, the Rt. Hon. Chris Grayling MP – Published 8 February 2011
The Government intend to bring forward legislation to create a new independent statutory body outside of the HSE to regulate the nuclear power industry. The new statutory corporation would be known as the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and would take on the relevant functions currently carried out by the Health and Safety Executive and the Department for Transport. Read it all..
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Acclaimed author Hunter Davies is to play a key role in telling the story of the Sellafield nuclear plant.
He has agreed to edit a book featuring the memories of current and ex-nuclear workers and others as part of a large scale oral history project.
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One of the largest asbestos removal projects in Europe has just been completed as part of decommissioning the Calder Hall nuclear power station at a cost of £26m. Read it all..
Press Release
Interim assessment reports for two nuclear power station designs being considered for construction in the UK have been made public.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published the reports on Step 3 of its Generic Design Assessment of the designs put forward by EDF/AREVA and Westinghouse. Read it all..
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of British Energy (BE) by Electricité de France (EdF). Read it all..