The project to build two commercial nuclear power plants at Sizewell C in the county of Suffolk, southeast England, would result in £4.4bn of the construction cost being spent in the East of England, of which £2bn is estimated to be spent in Suffolk, a report by EY for the Sizewell C consortium says.
The report says that during the 60-year operations phase of the station, £16.1bn is estimated to be spent in the East of England, of which £12.7bn is estimated to be spent in Suffolk.
The £18bn project – if it goes ahead – will also create and support thousands of extra jobs in the supply chain, such as companies producing materials and equipment for the stations, and in businesses which could benefit from extra spending by the Sizewell C workforce.
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