Nuclear Power Stations: Cumbria
(asked on 17th February 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution to domestic energy production of the planned Moorside nuclear plant; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 2nd March 2017
The proposed nuclear plant at Moorside could deliver up to 3.8GW of gross electricy capacity. The developers of the project, NuGen, estimate this will provide 7% of the UK’s electricity needs – equivalent to powering 6 million homes.