Nuclear

Award of Development Consent Order clears path for start of construction work, but investment deal yet to be finalised

Government is consulting on plan to make more sites available for nuclear development, drawing support from pro-growth campaigners and fuelling fears among environmental groups

Ministers publish major new strategy for expanding UK's nuclear power capacity in line with net zero goals

The UK government is pursuing an uneconomic nuclear programme in large part so as to maintain and renew military nuclear capabilities, argues BEEF's Andrew Warren

French energy giant claims fresh funding takes its total investment in UK's nuclear energy fleet to almost £9bn since 2009

Scaling domestic production of specialist fuel can reduce UK's reliance on Russian supplies, government claims

Fossil fuel-generated electricity fell more than a fifth in 2023 to lowest in 66 years, but renewable power generation has also 'effectively stood still', Carbon Brief finds

US among new members of the Powering Past Coal Alliance, as major economies back target to treble global nuclear capacity

Sadiq Khan unveils new £100m investment in green projects across London in partnership with Sustainable Development Capital LLP

Claims that SMRs are cheaper, easier to build, safer and less wasteful are unproven and misleading, argues University of Greenwich professor Stephen Thomas