UK’s NuGen Gets Go-Ahead For Site Characterisation Work
Written by NucNet
Thursday, 10 November 2011
NuGen, the UK nuclear company aiming to develop a new nuclear power plant in Cumbria, northwest England, has been given approval to begin site characterisation work.
NuGen, which is owned by GDF SUEZ and Iberdrola, said the local authority had approved a preliminary phase of temporary site investigation and characterisation works on the land NuGen has an option to purchase for a planned 3.6-gigawatt plant.
The permission means site characterisation work can now commence on schedule, NuGen said. The purpose of the preliminary work is to investigate the geotechnical, geophysical, radiological, chemical and seismic conditions of the land and to determine which part of the land will be most suitable for a nuclear power station.
