not to mention the resultant super powers!1 trillion new jobs?
not to mention the resultant super powers!
This is nothing new by the ay.. these nuclear sites were announced years ago I remember gordon brown going on about the 8 new sites back in 2008.. the existing sites re the most obvious it's been going on for ages and it continues to be a long term infrastructure plan.. who pays for it and who the plnts are owned by is another matter. David Cameron was talking about the French owning them, I think there was talk of Chinese investment and now of course with the influence of Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak we have the prospect of feeding into private American firms. The tories seem to have laid waste to any any renewable energy projects.. which serve the likes of Norway and Sweden and have them running a surplus.I am not making any value judgements on this, but I thought some of the Board might be interested in this MSN/Daily Telegraph story about Teesside.
It sounds like Teesside will likely be keeping the lights on in Tunbridge Wells.
Could not agree more. Need the Government to pull their finger out and build multiple nuclear power stations over the next few years to avoid increasing prices due to fossil fuel demand as we are still a long way off relying solely on renewable energy. I did a masters in nuclear physics and wish more people would educate themselves into the positives of nuclear power before ruling it out because they have seen a three-eyed fish in the Simpsons.This is brilliant news. Talks with various companies have been going on for a while now, with representatives from Japan and the US having visited the Hartlepool site recently.
It really will be fantastic to secure more nuclear in our area. Those who don't work in the industry are understandably cautious of nuclear, but with todays regulations it is a safe and secure way of producing electricity.
It retains our nuclear skill set and will safeguard jobs for those at Hartlepool worried about the longevity of the current site past generation and defuel.
Within 30 years it will shut and nuclear fusion will replace the big one.This is brilliant news. Talks with various companies have been going on for a while now, with representatives from Japan and the US having visited the Hartlepool site recently.
It really will be fantastic to secure more nuclear in our area. Those who don't work in the industry are understandably cautious of nuclear, but with todays regulations it is a safe and secure way of producing electricity.
It retains our nuclear skill set and will safeguard jobs for those at Hartlepool worried about the longevity of the current site past generation and defuel.
The old current one was given a stay of execution for 2 years after its sell by date, so 2026 it has to be shut down and decommissioned. The cost of £6 billion for a new one planned involves 3000 construction jobs and 600 permanent jobs. Maybe these small ones will replace the planned big one ?.The current Hartlepool reactor is very old now. I remember looking around it in 1993 and it had IT systems out of the ark. It never seemed to work until the 1980s. It does make since to replace it with something using current workforce and infrastructure.
To me we need a significant amount of new nuclear to replace the old ones closing down and the natural gas stations that will be shut down soon.
The current Hartlepool reactor is very old now. I remember looking around it in 1993 and it had IT systems out of the ark. It never seemed to work until the 1980s. It does make since to replace it with something using current workforce and infrastructure.
To me we need a significant amount of new nuclear to replace the old ones closing down and the natural gas stations that will be shut down soon.
The USP of Teesworks is that it is *deregulated* so safety regs will not apply.with todays regulations it is a safe and secure way of producing electricity.
The ONR regulates the nuclear industry.The USP of Teesworks is that it is *deregulated* so safety regs will not apply.