Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment he has made of the anticipated total output of the entire Moorside nuclear plant utilising the Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactor design and the Korea Electric Power Corporation APR-1400 nuclear reactor design.

Nugen’s published plans under Toshiba were to deploy three AP1000 reactors, each designed to produce a net power output of 1117 Megawatts. Now Toshiba has awarded Korea Electric Power Corporation preferred bidder status for acquiring Nugen, we will engage the companies to understand their proposals for the Moorside project.