UK: Meeting the energy challenge: a white paper on nuclear power

Meeting the energy challenge: a white paper on nuclear power

URN No: 08/525/A4

The Government published its Nuclear White Paper on 10 January 2008.

The White Paper set out the Government’s view that nuclear should be part of the UK’s low-carbon energy mix, that companies should have the option of building new nuclear power stations, and that the Government should take facilitative actions to enable this to happen.

Against the challenges of climate change and security of supply the Government believes that nuclear is an important part of our energy policy, alongside reducing our energy use, increasing renewables, and investing in new technologies.

The White Paper followed The Future of Nuclear Power: the role of nuclear power in a low carbon UK economy a public consultation on the future of nuclear power in the UK.

You can read the responses to the consultation by visiting the The Future of Nuclear Power consultation website.

Meeting the energy challenge: a white paper on nuclear power - full version

• Meeting the energy challenge: a white paper on nuclear power  (1022KB)

Meeting the energy challenge: a white paper on nuclear power - in sections

• Meeting the energy challenge: a white paper on nuclear power. Contents to overview  (231KB)
• Meeting the energy challenge: a white paper on nuclear power. Sections 1 to 3  (455KB)
• Meeting the energy challenge: a white paper on nuclear power. Annexes  (136KB)

Meeting the energy challenge: a white paper on nuclear power - Welsh language version of the forewords and executive summary

• Ymateb i her ynni: papur gwyn ar bwˆ er niwclear  (607KB)
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Footnotes

• The footnotes containing full web links can be found on the White Paper on Nuclear Power 2008: footnotes webpage.

Analysis of Consultation Responses

Full document

• The future of nuclear power: analysis of consultation responses  (6597KB)
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In sections

• The future of nuclear power [analysis of consultation responses]. An overview of the consultation process (262KB)
• The future of nuclear power: [analysis of consultation responses]. Dialogue by Design analysis report: written responses to the public consultation  (835KB)
• The future of nuclear power: [analysis of consultation responses]. Opinion Leader analysis report on the findings from the deliberative events with members of the public  (3782KB)
• The future of nuclear power: [analysis of consultation responses]. Henley Centre HeadlightVision analysis of outputs from the nuclear consultation stakeholder meetings  (1347KB)

Other information

• Impact assessment of the Government's white paper on nuclear power  (146KB)
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• Simplified flow diagram of UK energy supply and consumption 2006: shows the role of nuclear  (21KB)
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• Annex A: Dialogue by Design analysis report on the future of nuclear power. Collation statistics  (277KB)
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• Consultation on funded decommissioning programme guidance for new nuclear power stations  (99KB)
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Facilitative actions

The facilitative actions set out in the White Paper are intended to enable companies to:

• Make planning applications from 2010
• Begin building new nuclear power stations from 2013 – 2014
• Bring them into operation from 2017 – 2020

A chart from the White Paper showing the timetable is available on page 136 of the white paper.