Hinkley Point C Power Station: China
(asked on 2nd December 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 30 June (HL1218), what assessment they have made of the risks of issues at the Taishan nuclean power plant in China delaying the start-up of Hinkley Point C.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 16th December 2021
The Government understands that the inspections at Taishan are ongoing. The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) remains in contact with the Chinese, French and Finnish regulators on this issue. The ONR will ensure that the developer of Hinkley Point C considers and addresses the learning from Taishan.