Nuclear deal expected supercharge Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire's place at the heart of the nation's nuclear power industry could be confirmed shortly as the pieces fall into place to repurpose the business and science park at Berkeley Green.
Confidential talks are now moving at pace to site some of the first new nuclear Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in Gloucestershire with Rolls Royce SMR in a strong position to develop this new technology, writes Ian Mean, Business West Gloucestershire director.
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College are at the centre of the development as they progress the sale of their Gloucestershire Business and Science Park at Berkeley Green to the Chiltern Vital Group (CVG).
Chiltern are leading negotiations which are in the final stage of due diligence for the 38-acre site at Berkeley for a sale figure of up to £10 million.
The government backed Great British Nuclear organisation (GBN) have bought the Oldbury site from Hitachi for £160 million, I believe that the Oldbury/Berkeley sites could house several SMR’s, if required.
The purchase of Oldbury indicates SMR’s will be coming to Gloucestershire and this will herald the start of an exciting new chapter in Gloucestershire’s heritage of nuclear ener…
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