Moorside Nuclear Project
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 Location of Moorside Nuclear Power Station
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Location | Sellafield, Cumbria |
| Coordinates | 54°25′46″N 3°30′39″W / 54.429566°N 3.510911°WCoordinates: 54°25′46″N 3°30′39″W / 54.429566°N 3.510911°W |
| Status | Proposed |
| Construction cost | £10 billion |
| Owner(s) | NuGen |
| Operator(s) | Engie |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | AP1000 PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
| Power generation | |
| Units planned | 3 |
| Nameplate capacity | 3,400 MW |
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Moorside Nuclear Power Station is a proposal to build three AP1000 nuclear reactors on a site near Sellafield, in Cumbria, United Kingdom. The plan by NuGeneration, which is the British subsidiary of Toshiba-owned Westinghouse Electric Company, has the station coming online from 2024 with 3.4GW of new nuclear capacity. Work up to 2018 would include acquiring the site licence, the development consent order, and other required permits and permissions to start work. Site preparation would take two years, up to 2020.
Following the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Westinghouse in March 2017, a strategic review of the project is being conducted.
In 2014, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority agreed commercial terms with developer NuGen to extend a land option agreement to build three reactors at Moorside. Later that year, HM Treasury agreed to provide financial security to investors in the project.
In July 2015, NuGen purchased the land near Sellafield needed for the Moorside, approximately 200 hectares, for an undisclosed sum.
In October 2016, National Grid announced proposals for consultation for a £2.8 billion project to connect the new plant to the national electricity grid. The proposal involves putting power-lines underground and under Morecambe Bay to reduce the impact on the Lake District National Park.
The AP1000 is a nuclear power plant designed and sold by Westinghouse. The plant is a pressurised water reactor (PWR) with improved use of passive nuclear safety. The design has fewer valves and pumps than previous PWRs and allows cooling without intervention for up to 72 hours, relying mostly on natural processes such as water flowing downhill and heat rising. This novel design has raised a number of concerns but the design has been approved for use in both the United States and China.
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