“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 ...
The paper concludes that whilst nuclear investment can help to mitigate some threats to UK energy security, the government's case for supporting this investment ignores some equally important security issues. As a result, the energy security case for nuclear power has not yet been made....
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
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 ...
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 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. ...
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...
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. ...
LONDON — Work on a major new nuclear power station in Britain was suspended after the developer, Japan’s Hitachi, said Thursday it had been unable to agree on financing with the U.K. government. Article content Hitachi said Thursday that it was halting work already underway on the Horizon...
Chief Operating Officer of the General Nuclear International, a UK subsidiary of China's Shenzhen-based General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN), told Xinhua Friday that he is "very confident" with the China-developed third-generation HPR1000 nuclear reactor getting through the ongoing government asses...