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Article: United Kingdom: UPDATE 2-UK s NDA to sell Sellafield site for new nuclear.
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- October 30, 2009
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Byline: shiv03
A consortium of energy firms agreed an option to buy a site at Sellafield on the Cumbrian coast in northern England for a new nuclear power plant as part of Britain's plans to replace its ageing state-built reactors.
The consortium, made up of Spain's Iberdrola, French group GDF Suez (GSZ.PA) and British firm Scottish & Southern Energy, has an option to purchase the 470 acre site from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) for 70 million pounds ($114.6 million) in cash.
The consortium said it intended to build a new nuclear power plant with a capacity of up to 3.6 gigawatts, enough to power 3.5 million homes, and that it ...