Cost of Decommissioning

nuclear power plants currently stands at £131bn. What’s more, this figure does
not include the construction of a geological disposal facility (GDF), a vast
underground storage space for waste which was first suggested nearly 50 years
ago but which has yet to even find a viable location. In recent weeks, however,
the story has been about the expansion of new nuclear, with the prime minister
announcing a target of 25 per cent nuclear in the UK’s energy mix (it currently
stands at 16 per cent, with several plants nearing end-of-service).
Westminster’s Nuclear All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) also published a
roadmap calling for 15GW of new nuclear generation by 2035 and 30GW by 2050,
comprised of both large-scale plants of the Hinkley C-scale alongside small
modular reactors (SMRs) being developed by a Rolls-Royce-led consortium.



 



The Engineer 29th March 2022



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