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Gloucestershire could become part of the Government's plans for nuclear power, Business West says

The South West business service believes the region could be chosen as the site for a new mini-power station

Berkeley Nuclear Power Station - Berkeley Site prior to decommissioning(Image: Gloucestershire Echo)

Gloucestershire is excellently placed to become home to a new nuclear site, BusinessWest says.

Government organisation Great British Nuclear has a shortlist of six sites for the new mini-power stations or small-medium reactors SMRS, according to Business West. Two of those sites are in Gloucestershire - at Berkeley and Oldbury.

The county's nuclear expertise also includes the Western Gateway Severn Edge team, which put together the bid to build a £220m prototype fusion plant, which was ultimately awarded to Nottinghamshire.

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Ian Mean Business West Gloucestershire director and vice chair GFirst LEP said: "I believe that that same Western Gateway team can land one of the big SMR sites for Gloucestershire.

"At the heart of our bid to have the SMRs here is that we have a brilliant heritage of nuclear skills-going back to the early days of nuclear through the expertise of the old Berkeley Labs employees.

"So, nuclear is in the DNA of our county with those skills being passed down through generations and companies like EDF."

Mr Mean speculated that if the Government chooses Rolls Royce to drive the SMR project in the region, it could be that the power plants are built on the Oldbury site with a science and technology centre at Berkeley - focussed around the existing Berkeley Green University Technical College.