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| − | '''NNB GenCo''' Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of [[EDF Energy]] and [[Centrica]]'s joint venture [[NNB Holding Company]], set up in June 2009. | + | '''NNB GenCo''' Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of [[EDF Energy]] and [[Centrica]]'s joint venture [[NNB Holding Company]], set up after they bought [[British Energy]] in June 2009 to build and operate four new nuclear power stations.<ref>[http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Nuclear/6541463 EDF, Centrica spend $300 million on new UK reactor program], Platts 25th October 2010, accessed August 2012.</ref> |
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| + | NNB GenCo has sole responsibility for licensed activity related to the design, construction, operation and eventual commissioning of UK EPR's. | ||
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| + | ==Hinkley Point C== | ||
| + | In July 2010 NNB GenCo started a formal pre-application process for the authorisation of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. In December 2010 campaigners accused EDF Energy of ‘jumping the gun’ by applying for planning permission for what it called ‘preliminary works’. This involved trashing over 400 acres of woodland, cornfields and coastline, and the excavation of more than 3.2 million cubic metres of soil, sub-soil and rocks - more than was dug out to prepare the site for the 2012 London Olympic Games. <ref> [http://www.stophinkley.org/PressReleases/pr101201.htm EDF “Jumping The Gun” with Hinkley Point destruction], Stop Hinkley Press Release 1 December 2010, accessed August 2012 </ref> EDF Energy was given the go ahead for the preliminary works in July 2011.<ref> [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/29/planners-approve-nuclear-power-station-preparatory-work Hinkley C nuclear power station gets green light for preparatory work], ''Guardian'' 29 July 2011, accessed August 2012.</ref> | ||
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| + | EDF Energy had been expected to submit its application to the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) in December 2010, but in the end this wasn’t submitted until the last day of October 2011. <ref> Walker, A. [http://www.bdb-law.co.uk/our-insights/blogs/planning-act-2008-blog/2011/12/291-project-progress-analysis-as-hinkley-point-application-made Project progress analysis as Hinkley Point application made], Planning Act 2008 Blog, No.291, 2nd November 2011, accessed August 2012</ref> Local people who attended the preliminary hearing of the IPC into the EDF Energy application were shocked at the limited scope of the inquiry and the attitude of the lead commissioner. When one local resident asked who would look at the dangers of nuclear power and the impact on the health of local children, she was told the point was irrelevant and her microphone was turned off. <ref>[http://www.stophinkley.org/PressReleases/pr120322.pdf Government bully boy Sir Andrew Phillipson sets the tone of Infrastructure Planning Commission's examination of EDF's application to build Nuclear Power Station in Somerset], Stop Hinkley Press Release 22 March 2012, accessed August 2012.</ref> | ||
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NNB GenCo Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of EDF Energy and Centrica's joint venture NNB Holding Company, set up after they bought British Energy in June 2009 to build and operate four new nuclear power stations.[1]
NNB GenCo has sole responsibility for licensed activity related to the design, construction, operation and eventual commissioning of UK EPR's.
Hinkley Point C
In July 2010 NNB GenCo started a formal pre-application process for the authorisation of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. In December 2010 campaigners accused EDF Energy of ‘jumping the gun’ by applying for planning permission for what it called ‘preliminary works’. This involved trashing over 400 acres of woodland, cornfields and coastline, and the excavation of more than 3.2 million cubic metres of soil, sub-soil and rocks - more than was dug out to prepare the site for the 2012 London Olympic Games. [2] EDF Energy was given the go ahead for the preliminary works in July 2011.[3]
EDF Energy had been expected to submit its application to the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) in December 2010, but in the end this wasn’t submitted until the last day of October 2011. [4] Local people who attended the preliminary hearing of the IPC into the EDF Energy application were shocked at the limited scope of the inquiry and the attitude of the lead commissioner. When one local resident asked who would look at the dangers of nuclear power and the impact on the health of local children, she was told the point was irrelevant and her microphone was turned off. [5]
Contact
Registered office:
- 40 Grosvenor Place London SW1X 7EN
Notes
- ↑ EDF, Centrica spend $300 million on new UK reactor program, Platts 25th October 2010, accessed August 2012.
- ↑ EDF “Jumping The Gun” with Hinkley Point destruction, Stop Hinkley Press Release 1 December 2010, accessed August 2012
- ↑ Hinkley C nuclear power station gets green light for preparatory work, Guardian 29 July 2011, accessed August 2012.
- ↑ Walker, A. Project progress analysis as Hinkley Point application made, Planning Act 2008 Blog, No.291, 2nd November 2011, accessed August 2012
- ↑ Government bully boy Sir Andrew Phillipson sets the tone of Infrastructure Planning Commission's examination of EDF's application to build Nuclear Power Station in Somerset, Stop Hinkley Press Release 22 March 2012, accessed August 2012.
