Committee shines doubt on the bold promise of small modular reactors
The UK’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has issued a warning regarding the Government’s approach to small modular reactors (SMRs).
The UK’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has issued a warning regarding the Government’s approach to small modular reactors (SMRs).
The Hinkley Point C nuclear power station may not be completed until 2031, while costs are also expected to increase.
The UK Government has unveiled an ambitious roadmap aiming to significantly increase the country’s nuclear power generation capacity.
Boris Johnson has used one of his last acts as the UK’s Prime Minister to give final approval to the Sizewell C nuclear power plant.
The UK could build up to seven new nuclear plants by 2050, according to the Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng in an interview.
The European Commission has confirmed that it will go ahead with plans to label gas and nuclear power as ‘green’ under new taxonomy rules.
Five Swedish nuclear reactors may need to close between 2024 and 2028, simply because a site for storing spent fuel will soon be full.
France will invest in new nuclear power as part of its transition to clean energy, despite the country increasingly turning to offshore wind.
Conservative backbenchers are pushing the Government to limit China’s involvement within the UK’s nuclear power industry.
Rolls-Royce is eager to power the UK using small nuclear power stations, with the company leading a consortium of firms to make it happen.
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