Environmental Statement
Proposed Dry Store for Spent Nuclear Fuel at Hunterston Power Station
Client
British Energy
Project
Environmental Statement for the Proposed Dry Store for Spent Nuclear Fuel at Hunterston Power Station
Services Provided
See below
Execution Period
1992-3
Project Description
The Pöyry Energy business group, in conjunction with Scottish Nuclear, and with respect to the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1988 (which implement the requirements of the European Directive Number 85/337 on the assessment of the effects of certain private and public projects on the environment) defined the scope of work and undertook the production of an Environmental Statement for the proposed dry store for spent nuclear fuel at Hunterston Power Station.
Particular Services
Aspects of the work included full analyses of the local physical, biological and socio-economic characteristics of the environment, as well as of the project's likely impacts upon these components of the environment. Discussions were undertaken with Statutory Bodies as to their concerns relating to the proposed project and are included in the Environmental Statement. The Environmental Statement addressed:
- Identification of Potential Effects
- Landscape and Visual Effects
- Effects on the Local Community
- Effects on Recreation and Tourism- Radiological Effects
- Effects on Agriculture, Vegetation and Soils
- Effects on Terrestrial Fauna and Flora
- Effects on Hydrology, Marine Life and Fisheries
- Geology and Seismicity
- Effects on Climate
- Effects on Archaeology and Heritage
- Effects on Material Assets
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