5 Sep (NucNet): The UK-based nuclear energy company planning to build three Westinghouse AP1000 reactors at the Moorside nuclear site in Cumbria, England, has re-commenced site assessment work.
NuGen, which announced a change in ownership in June, with Toshiba partnering GDF Suez in the joint venture, said the work is aimed at giving technical experts in-depth feedback on the land’s key characteristics.
The Moorside site, to the immediate north and west of the Sellafield nuclear complex, will see a series of site assessments including geophysical surveys, archaeological age-dating and some borehole drilling work, through 2014 and 2015, NuGen said.
