(Reuters) - EDF Energy, the UK arm of France's
state-owned utility, on Friday started planning procedures to build a
second new nuclear plant in Britain, despite searching for a partner to
help finance its first new UK nuclear plant in Somerset.
The company, already Britain's biggest nuclear power
producer, announced on Friday its intention to start public
consultation, the first step of planning procedures, for the new
project at Sizewell in Suffolk at the end of November.
"We are very pleased to signal the start of our formal
consultation for Sizewell C. It demonstrates our clear intent to
progress our role at the forefront of the UK's nuclear
renaissance," said Richard Mayson, director of planning and
external affairs for EDF Energy's new build division.
A spokeswoman said it was too early to give a start-up date
for the Sizewell project but EDF, together with French nuclear
reactor designer Areva, plans to build four of
Areva's European Pressurised water Reactors (EPRs) in Britain by
2025, a programme British utility Centrica also owns a 20
percent stake in.
The partners'
first project at Hinkley Point C in Somerset had been expected to start
operating in 2018, but planning delays following the Fukushima nuclear
accident in Japan have delayed the start-up.
EDF also said it was considering taking further partners on
board to help finance its UK new build projects.
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