Benefits Outweigh the Detriment to Health which it may cause

Update from the Office for Nuclear Development on the UK ABWR Justification decision 

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Edward Davey, has published his decision that he should Justify the UK ABWR nuclear reactor design which Hitachi and Horizon propose to build in the UK. This means that as Justifying Authority he has decided that the benefits of the UK ABWR outweigh the detriments to health which it may cause.

The decision is subject to approval by both Houses of Parliament and a draft statutory instrument has been laid before Parliament. The decision has taken into account responses to public consultations on the Application and on the Proposed Decision.

The relevant documents can be seen on the DECC website here and the Secretary of State’s Statement to Parliament is here.

Office for Nuclear Development  


That's great. Only Edward Davey doesn't live here does he.......