THIS is what the new nuclear power station at Moorside will look like.
The artist's impression has been produced by NuGen, the company behind the project, as it prepares to launch a second round of public consultations.
The image shows the three Westinghouse AP1000 reactors, which will have a combined output of 3.6GW – enough to power 6m homes and supply 7.5 per cent of the UK's electricity needs.
NuGen is expected to give the final go ahead in 2018. Construction will start in 2020 and all three reactors should be on stream by 2026.
Up to 6,000 people will be working on the site, immediately north and west of Sellafield, at any one time.
NuGen has released the image as it announces details of 28 exhibition events across Cumbria as the second stage of a public consultation.
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