A consultation has begun into whether three key environmental permits should be granted for the construction of a new £20bn nuclear power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk, southeast England.
The Environment Agency said it had started a 12-week public consultation on the three permits for the operation of two EPR units to be supplied by French state power company EDF
If granted the permits would allow Sizewell C to dispose of and discharge radioactive waste, operate standby power supply systems using diesel generators and discharge cooling water and liquid effluent into the North Sea.
The Environment Agency said it had started a 12-week public consultation on the three permits for the operation of two EPR units to be supplied by French state power company EDF
If granted the permits would allow Sizewell C to dispose of and discharge radioactive waste, operate standby power supply systems using diesel generators and discharge cooling water and liquid effluent into the North Sea.
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