The plan to open a new major nuclear plant has been promoted a major funds Rachel Reeves announced £ 14.2 billion C. worth investment for size.
Located on the Sussex coast, the power station costs £ 20bn, but expected to generate electricity for six million homes.
Energy Secretary Ed Milliband said New nuclear power capacity was required To give “the golden age of clean energy abundance”.
Despite this, there is a strong opposition to the schemes of environmentalists and those who believe that the plans are very expensive, and the investment will be better elsewhere.
So what do we know about Sizewell C nuclear plant?
What is sizewell C and where is it?
Plans are running with plans for a new two-reactor nuclear power station on the Eastern Sussex coast, with expectation that it can generate 3.2 gW of electricity.
The French energy company EDF has claimed that the plant will give equal power to six million houses, and plans to start in the 2030s.
This means that electricity can be generated for potential 60 years.
At the peak of construction, Sizewell C is expected to provide 10,000 jobs and the company has already signed a contract worth £ 330 million with local businesses behind the project.
Located close to the city of Liston, it will sit next to the sizewell B which has been working since 1995, and a site has been decorated.
What is the cost of the plant?
Sizewell C is expected to cost £ 20bn.
However, reports in January broadcast that the cost was likely to double, in which people used to estimate an increase of up to £ 40BN to negotiate the energy plan.
The government said that it does not obey this figure, while the managing directors of Sizewell C said that it is “not accurate”.
EDF had earlier rejected this figure, but accepted its nuclear plant being built in Hinkle Point in Somerset, will cost more than that figure.
The government confirmed that the total investment of £ 3.6bn was put in the project.
What is nuclear power?
Atomic energy can be used from inside atoms to generate large amounts of electricity.
To generate nuclear power, uranium rod is used as a fuel in the power station, which is called a neutron with a small particle, evacuated towards them. It separates one of the uranium atoms.
It causes breakdown in a process called atomic atomic fragmentation, which releases large amounts of energy in the form of heat.
Heat is used to boil water, which produces steam, which runs turbines and generates electricity.
When was this proposed?
The need to increase its nuclear power capacity for the UK has been a discussion in the government since 2008, in which the coalition government between orthodoxies and Liberal Democrats identified the shape as a suitable site in 2010.
Nuclear plants are seen as rapidly important power sources as the government tries to decarboize the UK grid by 2030, which transforms fossil fuels with green power.
In September 2019, with the last one finishing, three other public consultations were held with 10,000 Sussex residents.
In July 2022, the EDF was allowed to have employment by the government, in which the site also received a nuclear license given in May 2024.
Will Sizwell C improve our energy prices?
Announcing the plans, Ed Milliband argued that it would promote Britain’s energy security by reducing the dependence on purchasing power from abroad.
The project will be funded through domestic electricity bills, which will add about 1 pound £ 1 to the cost of electricity in the 60 -year lifetime of the plant. But it is expected that the overall effect of the plant will be less bill as a result of an inexpensive energy supply.
This investment comes amid concerns that a dash towards clean power can reduce our energy security and leave Britain weak.
Why are plans controversial?
Strong protests have been against Sizewell C as it was declared by environmentalists who argued that plans are “very slow”, and it will affect the natural wildlife of the region.
Campaign groups prevent size and both are afraid against the size that the plant may have negative effects and performed against plans on several occasions.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds similarly opposed the impact on local wildlife on the Sussex coast.
Stop Sizewell CK Ellison Downs said that ministers did not “clean” about the entire cost of the project, which the group earlier estimated that some could be £ 40 billion.
“There is still no final investment decision for Sizewell C, but £ 14.2 billion in taxpayers’ funding, a decision that we condemn and strongly believe that the government will regret it.
“Where is the benefit in plowing more money for voters size C It can be spent on other priorities, and when the project consumer will add to the bills and is guaranteed to be late and overseas like a hinkle. C,
