The Government should negotiate a price for electricity at a planned new nuclear power station in Wales below that agreed for the delayed site at Hinkley Point, according to a committee of MPs.
The prime minister said she would be prepared to authorise a nuclear strike as she warned that Jeremy Corbyn’s opposition to maintaining the UK’s deterrent is “quite wrong”.
Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons system has been given a strong vote of confidence by MPs - including 140 Labour MPs who backed renewing the deterrent.
Key restrictions on Iran’s nuclear programme imposed under an internationally negotiated deal will start to ease years before the 15-year accord expires, advancing Tehran’s ability to build a bomb even before the end the pact, according to reports.
The price the Government will have to pay EDF for generating energy from the new Hinkley nuclear power station will rise to nearly £30 billion, a spending watchdog has estimated.
Let's for a second imagine a world without nuclear energy. That's a tough one but let's try. No nuclear bombs, of course, no Chernobyl and Fukushima, no worries about Iran and North Korea. A wonderful world, maybe?
The full effects of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union are yet to be fully understood, and is unlikely to be until well after Article 50 is activated and negotiations formally begin.
Maximising economic recovery, the watchwords of Sir Ian Wood’s review for the UK government and hardwired into the remit of the OGA, is not just about exploration and production.
The Hinkley Point nuclear power station project suffered a fresh setback as it emerged trade unions are “unlikely” to back the scheme, which is being developed by French energy giant EDF.
The chief executive of French energy giant EDF today insisted its multibillion-pound plans for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point would not be affected if the UK votes to leave the EU.
The former shadow energy minister and chief executive of the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) said scrutiny "should be embraced" by those working across different power sources.
The U.K. government must lay out specific options to fill a looming energy shortfall after Electricite de France SA delayed a decision last week on whether to build Britain’s first nuclear power plant in 30 years, the opposition Labour Party said.
Finland's Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) applied for an operating licence for the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor on Thursday, taking aim at a 2018 start-up, nine years later than planned.