I-Nuclear: UK unions press lawmakers to support AP1000 build in UK under a ‘dual design’ policy

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UK unions press lawmakers to support AP1000 build in UK under a ‘dual design’ policy by I-Nuclear Two of the UK’s biggest unions, Prospect and Unite, have urged lawmakers to support a “dual design” approach to nuclear new build, meaning they want Horizon Nuclear Power to choose the Westinghouse AP1000 over the Areva EPR. Horizon Nuclear Power, a joint venture of German utilities E.On and RWE, are expected imminently to announce their selection of reactor technology to build in the UK, with the first reactors to be constructed at Wylfa on Anglesey, Wales. EDF is planning to build four Areva EPRs at Hinkley Point and Sizewell and the unions what to see the AP1000 also developed.