Hitachi today announced it has completed the acquisition of Horizon Nuclear Power from RWE npower and E.ON UK and now plans to build at least four nuclear power plants in the UK.
Following the acquisition, Hitachi owns two sites at Wylfa, Anglesey, and Oldbury, South Gloucestershire. Horizon plans to build two to three 1,300MW nuclear power plants at each of the sites. Hitachiwill now begin discussions with UK regulators to obtain approval to use Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) technology under the UK’s Generic Design Assessment process.…
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