Dr. Killian Smith:

Two plants will be built in the UK. One is a European pressurised reactor. This design is being built in France and Finland so the design and technology are well known. A few of the second type of reactor are being built in the US and China. The UK is considering others which are being built elsewhere around the world.

In each generation of nuclear power plants the level of safety has always been increased and improved on the previous generation. We are now on the third or fourth generation of technology.