UK to Build 10 Nuclear Power Stations

The British government has approved 10 sites for new Nuclear Power Stations in an effort to secure future energy for the UK.

The UK has begun to rely more and more on foreign energy as their reserves of natural gas and coal diminish. The move is largely aimed at reducing emissions over the next few decades. The majority of the UK’s ageing nuclear infrastructure will have to be decommissioned by 2023, leading some experts to warn of the prospect of power shortages if new capacity is not added.

The 10 sites deemed suitable for future nuclear plants, many of which already have nuclear power facilities, are Bradwell in Essex, Braystones, Kirksanton and Sellafield in Cumbria, Hartlepool, Heysham in Lancashire, Hinkley Point in Somerset, Oldbury in Gloucestershire, Sizewell in Suffolk and Wylfa in North Wales.

Energy and Environment Secretary Ed Miliband claims:

The threat of climate change means we need to make a transition from a system that relies heavily on high-carbon fossil fuels, to a radically different system that includes nuclear, renewable and clean coal power. The current planning system is a barrier to this shift. It serves neither the interests of energy security, the interests of the low-carbon transition, nor the interests of people living in areas where infrastructure may be built, for the planning process to take years to come to a decision.

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