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		<h3>Sizewell named as a suitable site for a new power station</h3>
		<span class="newsdate">26 October 2009</span>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Land to  the north of Sizewell B has been confirmed as a strategically suitable location  for a new nuclear power station. The draft National Policy Statement (NPS) for  Nuclear Power Generation was published for consultation on 9 November 2009.&nbsp;  This named Sizewell as&nbsp;potentially suitable site for a new power station,  following the Government&rsquo;s Strategic Siting Assessment (SSA) earlier in 2009.  The consultation runs until 22 February 2010.</span></p>
		
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