Government insists nuclear plans could be revived, despite Hitachi's shelving of UK projects

Madeleine Cuff
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Hitachi becomes second developer in six months to back out of plans for new UK nuclear plants, shelving work on the £16bn Wylfa Newydd plant

Labour has warned the UK's nuclear sector is in "full blown crisis", after Hitachi today confirmed plans to suspend nuclear development in the country, shelving plans to build the £16bn Wylfa Newydd project...

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