There will be a minimum three-month delay in new reactor construction in the UK as a result of plans for nuclear safety reviews in the wake of the nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric’s Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in Japan, UK officials said Tuesday.
The UK Health and Safety Executive said it will not publish its final conclusions on the safety of the Areva EPR and Westinghouse AP1000 reactor designs until after a nuclear safety review investigates the implications of the nuclear (…)