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| Go-ahead for 10 nuclear stations | Go-ahead for 10 nuclear stations |
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| The government has approved 10 sites in England and Wales for new nuclear power stations, most of them on the sites of existing plants. | The government has approved 10 sites in England and Wales for new nuclear power stations, most of them on the sites of existing plants. |
| It has rejected only one proposed site - in Dungeness, Kent - as being unsuitable on environmental grounds. | It has rejected only one proposed site - in Dungeness, Kent - as being unsuitable on environmental grounds. |
| A decision on where plants will be built will be taken by a new commission after national and local consultation. | A decision on where plants will be built will be taken by a new commission after national and local consultation. |
| Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said nuclear was "proven and reliable" despite opposition from green groups. | |
| The 10 sites deemed suitable for future nuclear plants are: Bradwell in Essex, Braystones, Kirksanton and Sellafield in Cumbria, Hartlepool, Heysham in Lancashire, Hinkley Point in Somerset, Oldbury in Gloucestershire, Sizewell in Suffolk and Wylfa in North Wales. | The 10 sites deemed suitable for future nuclear plants are: Bradwell in Essex, Braystones, Kirksanton and Sellafield in Cumbria, Hartlepool, Heysham in Lancashire, Hinkley Point in Somerset, Oldbury in Gloucestershire, Sizewell in Suffolk and Wylfa in North Wales. |
| Seven of the proposed locations are already home to nuclear plants while Bradwell was home to one in the past. | Seven of the proposed locations are already home to nuclear plants while Bradwell was home to one in the past. |
| Braystones and Kirksanton are the only new sites under consideration. | Braystones and Kirksanton are the only new sites under consideration. |
| Ministers hope to fast-track the construction of the new plants so that some can be producing energy by as early as 2018. | Ministers hope to fast-track the construction of the new plants so that some can be producing energy by as early as 2018. |
| Mr Miliband said the new Infrastructure Planning Commission would have to make a decision on each application within a year of receiving it, to avoid a repeat of previous lengthy inquiries. |