#30 – UK RAB Model

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Stategy (BEIS)

In July 2019, the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) opened a consultation on a Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model for new nuclear power plant investment in Great Britain.  This NECG Commentary provides our response to that consultation and includes the following sections: Summary Background

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#25 – Hitachi suspends UK nuclear

Horizon site, NECG

Guest Post by Tom O’Sullivan Last weekend I led of team of 20 individuals, including academics, students and army & navy personnel, into the nuclear plant in Northern Japan that was destroyed in March 2011. The plant is based in Japan’s third largest prefecture, Fukushima, which is

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#23 – EFWG

EFWG Report (cover), NECG

Market Framework for Financing Small Nuclear The Expert Finance Working Group (EFWG) was convened by the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in January 2018 to determine key policies and a market framework needed to attract private financing to small reactor projects and to

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