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British Energy Public Meeting, Nether Stowey, Monday 20th October 2008
Richard Mayson, Nuclear Counsel© Copyright EDF Energy plc. All rights reserved. 2006. 1
Hinkley Point Nuclear New Build
Hugh Hutton
Severn Estuary Forum
Gloucester, Friday 11 September 2009
British Energy Public Meeting, Nether Stowey, Monday 20th October 2008
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About EDF Energy
•UK’s biggest electricity generator
– Nuclear
– Coal
– Gas
– Wind
– Combined heat and power
•Largest UK electricity network operator
•Gas and electricity supplier to 5.5 million customers
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Helps combat climate change
Reduces reliance on imported gas
Benefits customers and UK competitiveness
The policy case for nuclear
Low CarbonEmissions
Security of Supply
Stability of Costs
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EDF is committed to new nuclear in the UK
• EDF Energy intends to build four nuclear units in the UK by 2025 – subject to a robust investment framework
• EDF Energy’s target for completion of first new nuclear power station in the UK is end of 2017
• Technology choice is EPR – 1650 MWe PWR
• Preferred sites are in the south of England
• Hinkley Point in Somerset – 2x EPR
• Sizewell in Suffolk – 2x EPR
• Other sites may also be needed
British Energy Public Meeting, Nether Stowey, Monday 20th October 2008
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UK nuclear power station sites
EDF/BE nuclear power stations
Site nominated for new build*
Sizewell
Torness
Hartlepool
Dungeness
Hunterston
Heysham
Hinkley Point
Wylfa
Oldbury Bradwell
SellafieldKirksanton
Braystones
*The nomination process for potential new build sites does
not apply in Scotland
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Hinkley Point – new build nomination area
A B
C
A,Boutfall
A,B intake
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Baseline studies• Flora and fauna
• Breeding birds• Inter-tidal and inshore birds• Wintering birds• Bats• Botanical interest• Badgers, dormice, great crested newts,
water voles, otters, reptiles, invertebrates
• Marine• Fish entrainment• Plankton• Water quality• Subtidal and intertidal habitat mapping • Sediment particle size and distribution• Bathymetry (single beam, sidescan, swathe)• Intertidal topography• Waves – direction, amplitude (Waverider plus shorter term shallow water
installations)• Hydrographic surveys (fixed plus towed doppler current measurement)
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Cooling water discharge modelling
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Socio-economic impacts
• Hinkley Point B•Over 550 EDF Energy staff plus 220 from contract partners
•Apprenticeship programme – currently 21 apprentices
•Around £30million into local economy per year
• Hinkley Point C (current assumptions)•Construction 2012 to 2018 (first unit on line by end 2017)
•Construction workforce of several thousand
•60 year operational life
•600-900 operating staff
•20 year decommissioning period
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