i-Nuclear update: UK ONR publishes new site licensing guidance

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UK ONR publishes new site licensing guidance   by I-Nuclear   The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation has published revised site licensing guidance, which will be used to review the application by NNB Genco for a site license to build two EPR reactors at Hinkley Point. NNB Genco is the consortium of EDF and Centrica that has applied for a site license for Hinkley Point C. The “Licensing Nuclear Installations ” document replaces “The licensing of nuclear installations” issued in March 2007. The revised document takes account of the government’s National Policy Statement for Nuclear Power Generation (2009) and recent changes in legislation, including the Energy Act (2008) and the Planning Act (2008), ONR said.