Around a fifth of the UK's electricity is generated by our eight nuclear power stations, powering homes and businesses and helping Britain achieve Net Zero
“Fourteen years and not one new site opened, despite inheriting 10 approved sites from the last Labour government. Labour supports expanding the UK’s nuclear power fleet, which must form a critical part of our future energy mix,” Mr Abbott said. The REA is also sceptical. It said the ...
Wylfa, 66 miles away on Anglesey, is UK Government’s “preferred site for the UK’s third mega-nuclear power station”. The UK Government have said they are “….kickstarting talks with global energy firms to explore building the new power plant, which could provide enough clean, reliable ...
POWER resourcesENERGY policyThe article reports on the approval for the construction of nuclear plants to assist in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions (GHG) in Great Britain. Relative to the decision, the government promised to delineate licensing procedures. It states that global warming and energy ...
Nuclear power in the UK In recent years, the UK government championed nuclear power as a reliable and low-carbon source of electricity, to be used for many years to come. However, this country’s nuclear power plants are nearing the end of their life cycle and the electricity generation fr...
The UK SMR consortium, led by Rolls-Royce, has announced it expects to create 6,000 regional UK jobs within the next five years, if the UK Government makes a clear commitment that enables a fleet of 16 small modular reactor (SMR) power stati...
CoRWM is not recommending any particular sites, but suggesting that the government now needs to begin a process of selecting them. Its recommendations come as the UK government is considering a programme of new nuclear power stations. But CoRWM’s chairman, Gordon MacKerron, stresses that its ...
The government is seeking to cut its spending ahead of its Autumn Statement on 17 November, in which it is due to release its tax and spending plans. In March this year, the BBC reported that the UK Government was planning toacquire a 20% stakein the Sizewell C nuclear power station. ...
August 1, 2024- The UK government's ambitious 2030 power decarbonization target will have to be met without material contributions from carbon capture, new nuclear or clean hydrogen, S&P Global Commodity Insights' analyst Glenn Rickson said July 24. ...