News release from Hinkley Point A

Bridgwater MP Ian Liddell-Grainger has praised the contribution Hinkley Point A Power Station continues to make to the local community.

As well as contributing many years of successful generation, the site has put many hundreds of millions of pounds into the local economy and even during decommissioning it continues to plough an estimated £20m a year into the community.

Mr Liddell-Grainger was speaking at one of Hinkley Point A’s bi-annual business breakfasts attended by more than 50 representatives from companies, education, local authorities and other organisations.

The MP has taken a close interest in the decommissioning of Hinkley Point A which closed in 2000 and is managed by British Nuclear Group Reactor Sites. He told the audience at the Walnut Tree Hotel, North Petherton: “On every visit to the site I have never failed to be impressed by both the quality of the staff and the work that goes on there.”

Terry Selby, strategy co-ordinator with the site’s owners, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), explained the recent draft strategy published by the NDA for consultation. The strategy sets out proposals for dealing with the UK’s civil nuclear legacy – including Hinkley Point A.

He urged people to read the document (available on the website: www.nda.gov.uk) and send comments in to the NDA by 11 November.

Mr Selby explained that the new proposals for Hinkley Point A suggested site clearance within 25 years and the NDA would be seeking the views of stakeholders on the site end state and when this should be achieved.