Dungeness B Power Station: Closures
(asked on 18th May 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect Dungeness B to close this year.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 2nd June 2021
The decision to close a nuclear power station is a matter for the operator (EDF) and the regulator (Office for Nuclear Regulation). The current scheduled closure date for Dungeness B is 2028.
Currently EDF forecast the station’s reactors to return to service in July and August 2021.