Call For Developers To Outline Proposals For Use Of UK Nuclear Sites
Written by NucNet
Thursday, 06 March 2008
6 Mar (NucNet): The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) today
called for proposals from developers interested in using NDA land such
as for the possible construction of new reactor units.
The NDA said in January 2008 that it intended to invite proposals and
today's announcement is designed to "gauge the interest of parties
wishing to use NDA land", including the fuel manufacturing business at
Springfields near Preston in Lancashire.
However, the NDA said proposals for new-build would still be subject to
a strategic siting assessment (a process which the UK government
expects to start in the spring of this year) and other development
approvals.
UK business secretary John Hutton (the cabinet minister in charge of
the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform) said
today: "Interest in building new nuclear power stations in the UK is
strong. Planning applications for new plants are likely to focus on
areas in the vicinity of existing sites and so it's welcome that the
NDA is making its significant land and other assets available to the
market."
The NDA was established in 2005 to clean up the UK's first generation
of civil public sector nuclear facilities. It owns a varied and ageing
portfolio of sites including Magnox nuclear power plants, research
sites including Dounreay in Scotland, and the fuel handling, recycling
and production facilities at Sellafield in north-west England.
Companies interested in using NDA land have until 3 April 2008 to
submit proposals, after which the NDA will decide on procedures for
competitive tendering. For details or to register an interest e-mail
the NDA (
).
- Compiled by John Shepherd
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New Chairman For UK Clean-Up Body (World Nuclear Review No. 8, 22 February 2008)
