Hinkley Point C Power Station: Finance

(asked on 17th November 2015) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the agreement signed with China to fund Hinckley Point C nuclear reactor includes funding from China for (a) decommissioning costs and (b) emergency clean-up costs.


Answered by
Andrea Leadsom Portrait
Andrea Leadsom
This question was answered on 24th November 2015

The basis on which Chinese companies will invest in the Hinkley Point C project is set out in the strategic investor agreement agreed between EDF and CGN in October. The terms of this agreement are a matter for EDF.


Operators of new nuclear power stations are required to have a Funded Decommissioning Programme (FDP) approved by the Secretary of State before nuclear related construction can begin. The FDP sets out how a new nuclear operator will make secure financial provision for decommissioning their power station and managing and disposing of its waste without recourse to the taxpayer.


Operators of nuclear power stations are also required to put in place insurance or other financial security to meet their nuclear third party liabilities.



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