Dungeness B Power Station: Closures

(asked on 18th May 2021) - View Source

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

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect Dungeness B to close this year.


Answered by
Lord Callanan Portrait
Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 2nd June 2021

The decision to close a nuclear power station is a matter for the operator (EDF) and the regulator (Office for Nuclear Regulation). The current scheduled closure date for Dungeness B is 2028.

Currently EDF forecast the station’s reactors to return to service in July and August 2021.

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