NIA response to Toshiba announcement on NuGen
Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive of the UK Nuclear Industry Association has commented on Toshiba’s announcement confirming its commitment to the NuGen nuclear new build project at Moorside in Cumbria.
“We welcome Toshiba’s continued commitment to the Moorside project. With more than two thirds of our power generation capacity retiring between 2010 and 2030, we urgently need to ensure we have a secure, reliable, always available way of providing electricity to homes, businesses and public services for our future needs, and to do that in as low carbon a way as possible.
“As both Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have made clear over recent weeks, building new nuclear capacity in west Cumbria is an integral part of the UK being able to replace old power stations, keeping a balanced mix as carbon emissions are reduced. This is a vital part of our country’s energy future.”
