Friday, July 24, 2009

ESB Chief talks nuclear

ESB CEO, Padraig McManus today claimed that while we can rule out an independent nuclear solution for Ireland, that we must look at the possibility of a nuclear plant as part of the UK network.

In a speech to the Magill Summer School in Donegal, the ESB supremo claimed that if we did not get a 'clean coal' solution that Ireland would need a nuclear option. His speech seemed to indicate that given the size of our market that it was not economically viable to build a nuclear power station in Ireland.

Such an option would rely heavily on interconnection between the UK and Irish grid.

More details can be found on the RTE website http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0724/nuclear.html


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