EDF has submitted an application for Development Consent Order (DCO) to the United Kingdom's Planning Inspectorate to build the Sizewell C nuclear power plant. The £17-18bn (€19-20bn) Sizewell C project is developed by EDF (80%) and its Chinese partner China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN, 20%). It would made up of two European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) units and would be built on the existing Sizewell nuclear power plant. The Sizewell C project would be almost identical to the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant that is being constructed by EDF and CGN in Somerset (UK) and is expected in 2025. EDF expects 20% in capital cost saving for Sizewell C if it manages to reuse the Hinkley Point C experience.
Sizewell A's two 210 MWe Magnox gas-cooled reactors started commercial operation in 1966 and were permanently shut down in December 2006; Sizewell B is a 1,198 MWe pressurised water reactor (PWR) that began operations in 1995 and is due to shut down around 2035.
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