Up to eight more new nuclear reactors could be built on existing sites over the next eight years in order to improve the…
Continue ReadingBoris Johnson is ramping up plans to increase the UK’s nuclear energy output, as concerns over dependence on Russian energy grow.
Continue ReadingThe Hunterston B nuclear plant was shut down for the final time on Friday 7 January, reducing the UK’s nuclear capacity by one-eighth…
Continue ReadingTwo Nuclear Power Stations Slated for Early Closure in 2028
Written by Lauren Smith in Nuclear Energy
EDF has announced that two of its British fleet of nuclear reactors will close in March 2028, two years earlier than anticipated.
Continue ReadingGovernment Close to Deal to Oust China and Take Stake in Nuclear Project
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The taxpayer will take a several billion-pound stake in EDF’s Sizewell C nuclear project, in a deal that will force China General Nuclear…
Continue ReadingEDF will wait until the end of 2022 or even 2023 to decide whether to proceed with the Sizewell C nuclear plant, amid…
Continue ReadingLast year at this time the UK was partway through a 55-day stretch without its coal plants coming online once. Today, power stations…
Continue ReadingMinisters are exploring ways to block China’s state-owned energy company from involvement in the UK’s next generation of nuclear power plants, including the…
Continue ReadingJust days after EDF announced that its Dungeness power station won’t come back online, the French utility giant has admitted that two other…
Continue ReadingDungeness Nuclear Power Station Will Not Return to Service
Written by Lauren Smith in Nuclear Energy
The Dungeness B power plant in Kent will shut permanently, seven years earlier than planned, after owner EDF judged it beyond repair.
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