The government has admitted it failed to ask EDF to keep the Hinkley Point B nuclear power plant open, despite the ongoing energy crisis. The reactor provides enough electricity to power more than 1.7m homes, but will now shut down this August.
Ministers have admitted they failed to contact the operator of Hinkley Point B to explore the possibility of keeping the reactor running amid majorEnergy Minister Greg Hands has said his department did not speak to energy firm EDF about prolonging the life of the power station, which will now shut down this August.
But in a response to a parliamentary question from Labour’s Charlotte Nichols, Mr Hands states: “The Department is in regular communication with EDF and the [Office for Nuclear Regulation] ONR but has not written regarding the extension of nuclear power stations.” It emerged last month that a reasonable worst-case scenario briefing drawn up by Whitehall officials showed 6m UK households could face blackouts as a result of gas shortages,At the time, culture minister Chris Philp said the dossier had prompted Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to consider “whether Hinkley B, the large nuclear power station, might continue beyond its planned end of life”.
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