Horizon Nuclear Power has provided to the Engineering Consultant Frazer a five-year framework contract for the provision of regulatory and licensing services related to its plans to build new nuclear power plants in the UK.
Horizon is a 50-50 joint venture between RWE nPower and Eon UK. This company has purchased land for the construction of new nuclear power plant at the existing location at Oldbury, Gloucestershire and Wylfa located on the Isle of Anglesey. Both the locations have been identified as a suitable place for the construction of nuclear power plant. This indicated the draft National Policy Statement on nuclear British government announced in November 2009.
Horizon proposes to build the first reactor at Wylfa, which will be operational in 2020. Application development planning at Wylfa is scheduled for the year 2012, and will be followed by a planning application for a second nuclear power plant in the Oldbury , after Wilfa construction begins. However, the progress remains adjusted in the right market conditions, especially those associated with more certainty about the price of carbon. Last Horizon expects to be able to reach 6600 MWe of nuclear generating capacity in both locations
A business manager at Frazer-Nash, Paul Deeran, said that his company has a significant role in developing of the next generation of nuclear power stations in England.
John Baker, head of regulatory and licensing in the Horizon, commented that the location permit is a prerequisite for developing a capacity of about 6000 MW by 2025.
Meanwhile, Horizon has not decided yet which of the two available reactor designs it will be built. Areva EPR and Westinghouse’s AP1000 are involved in the Generic Design Assessment process, to get the decision to build in June 2011. Both the companies have been involved in a competitive bidding process that will decide the winner at the end of the year.
(Source : World Nuclear News)
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