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Editor - Alastair Evans Art Editor - Dan Powney Contributors Rupert Lewis, Peter Haslam, Keith Parker, Amanda MacMillan – Horizon Nuclear Power, Phil Rodgers – FrazerNash Consultancy Limited, Jeremy Gordon – World Nuclear News, Terry Gilbert– Riverside Nuclear Consulting Limited , Paul Nicholson – nucleargraduates, with additional thanks to World Nuclear News
IN VIEW
what's next for horizon nuclear power? MAIN FEATURE
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OPINION
“ The UK operates a globally respected regulatory system that has been developed by some of the most talented nuclear safety and licensing engineers in the world.”
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Nuclear new build takes centre stage as we begin 2014. The Hinkley Point Contract for Difference is undergoing the expected investigation by the European Commission, and we remain hopeful of a final investment decision being made by EDF Energy in the summer of this year. Following much speculation, Toshiba announced their intention to take a 60% share in the NuGen Moorside project. This clarified the reactor choice, and allowed Westinghouse to set out their timetable for the project. Horizon announced the list of successful lead suppliers who will take forward the work covering; site investigation, engineering support, permits, project management support and planning. This comes in the wake of further good news that nuclear accounted for the largest share of energy production in the EU in 2012.It is vital that our own programme of new build allow us to maintain our contribution to that figure into the 2020’s and well beyond. In this edition of the magazine we look back at the UKTI civil nuclear showcase, the Energy Bill becoming the Energy Act and developments from around the World.