Sizewell C / EDF Ready To Submit Plans For Two EPR Units, Says Report

Cost of new facility will be cut by replicating Hinkley Point project
EDF Ready To Submit Plans For Two EPR Units, Says Report
A computer-generated image of the planned Sizewell C nuclear station, which will have two EPR units. Photo courtesy EDF.
France’s state energy company EDF is poised to submit plans for two EPR reactors at the £18bn Sizewell C nuclear power station in the UK, which which will supply 7% of the country’s electricity The Times reported (subscription).

The Times said China General Nuclear (CGN) is funding 20% of the Sizewell C development, with EDF shouldering the rest of the cost.

EDF intends Sizewell C, on the Suffolk coast in southeast England, to replicate the Hinkley Point C power station in Somerset. However, it faces concerns about the affordability of nuclear power, The Times said.

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