Prime sites for nuclear power stations identified


Study commissioned by government says Brighton, Bristol, Midlands and Oxfordshire should be considered John Vidal and Terry MacalisterThursday May 24, 2007The Guardian
The government is considering building nuclear power stations on the sites of old coal and gas-fired stations in Oxfordshire and the south-east, according to documents released yesterday as part of a consultation forced on it by the courts.
A confidential report, commissioned by the DTI last year from leading energy analysts Jackson Consulting, has recommended a new generation of plants at existing or redundant civil and military nuclear power stations. But it says that many of these will be unavailable for years or will be unsuitable because they have limited connections to the national grid.