A national archive of records related to the history and development of the UK's civil nuclear industry opened to the public for the first time yesterday. The archive, located in Caithness, Scotland, is funded by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). world-nuclear-news.org
Horizon Nuclear Power, the UK subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, said today it was joining forces with Exelon Generation as Horizon develops its "expertise and capability" to operate a new nuclear power plant at Wylfa Newydd on the Isle of Anglesey. Exelon Generation operates the biggest fleet of nuclear power plants in the USA, with 19,460 megawatts of capacity from 22 reactors, eight of which are boiling water reactors. The Wylfa Newydd project will deploy two Advanced Boiling Water Reactors. world-nuclear-news.org
Despite continued shake ups at Japanese conglomerate Toshiba, owner of Westinghouse Electric Company, the UK company NuGeneration said this week that it remained committed to the three-reactor project in northwest England known as the Moorside project, which is slated for West Cumbria. nuclearstreet.com
The prime minister of the U.K. has been accused of ducking the issue of whether the government supports a new nuclear power station in west Cumbria on a visit to Copeland ahead of the constituency’s by-election. theguardian.com
