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NIA welcomes design approbal for the AP1000

Nuclear Industry Association

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The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has welcomed the confirmation from the Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency that it has approved the AP1000 reactor design, which is planned to be built at Moorside in Cumbria.


Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, said:

“The design approval of the AP1000 is welcome news for the UK’s new nuclear programme. This is the second reactor design to have successfully completed the approval process of the UK’s independent regulator and to be licenced for use in the UK.

“The design approval process assesses the safety, security and environmental impact of the technology and today’s announcement signals the conclusion of a thorough, rigorous and detailed process widely acknowledged as world class.  

“Moorside will create 21,000 highly skilled jobs in west Cumbria over the lifetime of the project, and will generate 7% of our power needs for decades into the future with no carbon emissions. With two thirds of our power stations closing between 2010 and 2030, this is an important step in providing that secure, reliable and low carbon power for the future we will need.” 

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