Nuclear power sector worth £20 billion with record workforce, figures show
The Nuclear Industry Association found around 87,000 people work in the UK's nuclear sector.
The Nuclear Industry Association found around 87,000 people work in the UK's nuclear sector.
Trade body Energy UK is urging the government to "seize the moment and unleash the potential of nuclear energy" as part of efforts to decarbonise the country's electricity.
Campaigners have written to Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal, Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, about the billions spent on nuclear project Sizewell C, after costs were speculated to end up spiralling to £40 billion.
EDF Group’s chief executive Luc Rémont has hit back at the national French auditor’s claims that the energy company should delay its investment in UK nuclear power project Sizewell C.
A campaign group has urged the NAO to review the UK government’s spending assessment for the nuclear power project in Suffolk.
Ecotricity founder Dale Vince, a Labour donor, has called for an urgent cost review of the Sizewell C nuclear power station and Net Zero Teesside carbon capture project.
The UK government aims to build a large nuclear power plant in northern Wales as it seeks to boost the stable, low-carbon electricity source alongside wind farms to reach its climate goals.
Bilfinger UK has launched a recruitment drive to hire over 40 engineers nationwide.
Bilfinger Salamis UK has won a contract worth more than €20 million (£17m) at the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant under construction in south-west England.
Electricite de France SA said the completion of its flagship British nuclear plant project will be delayed at least six months and cost about 500 million pounds ($687 million) more than previously planned because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Workers have expressed “disgust” after industrial services giant Bilfinger announced 180 job cuts in Aberdeen and offshore, just hours after touting contract wins worth £350million.
German industrial services giant Bilfinger has won two contracts worth £350million for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, creating 350 jobs in the UK.
The workforce constructing the new Hinkley nuclear power station is to be reduced by more than half to around 2,000 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Growth in low carbon power generation stalled in the UK last year, after doubling in the decade since 2010, analysis suggests.
National Grid has been told it will have to slash the costs or stump up extra cash for a project to connect Britain's first new nuclear plant in decades to the country's energy network.
The cost of building the new nuclear power station at Hinkley is estimated to increase by between £1.9 billion and £2.9 billion.
Britain’s plan to revitalize its aging nuclear energy infrastructure is likely to take a hit if Brexit jeopardizes a crucial supply of welders.
A trade union has arranged a summit with major construction firms working in a nuclear project after it was revealed in a new report that gender equality could take up to 200 years in the sector.
Aberdeen-headquartered Wood has been made a special advisor for construction of the first UK nuclear power station to be built in more than 20 years.
Infrastructure giant Balfour Beatty has announced a multi-million deal for Hinkley Point C.
Campaigners have dropped a legal fight against the dumping of mud excavated from the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant.
The new nuclear power station at Hinkley is on track for its next major milestone, two years after the final contract was signed, it has been announced.
A new government report published today has outlined the potential benefits of the EDF Energy Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, claiming a nearly 6000 job boom during construction.
Hundreds of workers on the site of the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station are staging a sit-in after a row over pay.
Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc says it will take 12 years to build its prototype small nuclear reactor in the U.K.