EDF Energy Applies To Build Two Units At Hinkley Point
Written by NucNet
Friday, 04 November 2011
EDF Energy has applied for consent from the UK’s Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) to build and operate two new nuclear reactor units at Hinkley Point in Somerset, the utility said in a statement.
The France-based utility plans to construct the two European Pressurised Water Reactors (EPRs) to the west of its existing Hinkley Point B nuclear plant, where there are two units in commercial operation.
The IPC now has 28 days to decide whether to accept the submission, which if accepted would become an application.
