A public consultation to determine the future of nuclear waste storage in Cumbria closed today. The survey was conducted by the West Cumbria Managing Radioactive Waste Safely (MRWS) Partnership, with more than 3,000 people being surveyed. The poll aims to gauge whether there is support forthe area to take part in the search. Adrian Ramsey […]

SSE has sold its 25% stake in nuclear power project NuGen for £5.75million, an amount which could rise by another £1.25m if progress at the project’s site in West Cumbria is good. The Scottish energy supplier announced plans to sell at the end of last year, saying it wants to focus on areas it has […]

NuGen has taken the next step towards building its new nuclear power station by applying to Ofgem for an electricity generation licence. The joint venture between France’s GDF Suez and Spanish utility Iberdrola is developing a next generation nuclear plant of up to 3.6GW which it plans to build in West Cumbria. A spokesperson for […]

Scottish and Southern Energy and its nuclear partners GDF Suez and Iberdrola today officially unveiled their joint venture company NuGeneration. NuGen intends to build a nuclear station of up to 3.6GW in West Cumbria on land approved for nuclear development in the government’s draft National Policy Statement. NuGen now plans to prepare detailed proposals for […]

A European Commission draft directive into nuclear waste is to urge that it should be put in deep geological sites. The report is not released until November 3 but has been leaked to news agency Reuters, which today reports that it states: “The current situation of spent fuel and radioactive waste management in EU member […]