The UK's energy minister has effectively offered South Korea’s state-run Korea Electric Power Corporation(KEPCO) to participate in a massive nuclear power plant project.

Greg Clark, British Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy told reporters at the British Embassy in Seoul on Wednesday that his government has watched with great interest how KEPCO successfully constructed nuclear reactors for the United Arab Emirates(UAE).

He added that he is positively considering KEPCO as a potential investor in the UK's project to build nuclear reactors in Moorside, northwest England.

Clark met with Vice Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Woo Tae-hee and KEPCO President Cho Hwan-eik on Tuesday to discuss KEPCO’s possible involvement in Moorside.

The future of the project is in doubt as Japan's Toshiba, which is developing the project with French energy group Engie, is facing financial difficulties.