[6] The government followed this decision in 2010 by selecting ten sites, including Bradwell, at which companies could develop nuclear power stations; this was reduced to eight by October 2010.

[10] On 19 January 2017, the United Kingdom Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency started the Generic Design Assessment process for the Hualong One reactor, expected to be completed in 2021, in advance of possible deployment at the Bradwell B site.

[11] In November 2020, it was announced that the HPR1000 reactor design had successfully passed all the steps of the compliance analysis against the European Utility Requirements Document.

[4] The cost of building Bradwell B would be very significant, but with so many variables affecting the development of the project it is not possible at this early stage to provide an exact figure.

These variables could include: design changes, or changes to the way that Bradwell B would be constructed as a result of surveys, consultation and regulatory decisions; the options we choose for transportation and worker accommodation; how the supply chain forms; decisions made on financing Bradwell B; and cost savings we identify from our experience of constructing the HPR1000 design at other sites.As of 21 July 2020, the consortium is looking towards the government for financial backing with the Regulated Asset Base model, which the consortium will discuss at the appropriate time.

Both CGN and one of the corporation's senior advisers, Szuhsiung Ho, have been charged with conspiring to help the Chinese government develop nuclear material in a manner that is in clear breach of US law.

[36] Concerns over CGN's involvement in the project continued to be raised by Duncan Smith, who was reported saying in The Daily Telegraph that "Our energy policy is in the hands of the Chinese, Just in that one sector, we have complete domination by China when we should be strategically reviewing it".