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Prospect member Arun Khuttan was the Young Generation Network’s lead for its COP26 campaign, events and...

As world leaders gather in Glasgow to discuss tackling climate change, Britain’s current nuclear fleet passed a significant milestone, clocking up 2000 terawatt hours of clean power generation. That’s enough zero carbon electricity to power all the UK’s 29 million homes for 18.5 years.

Trudy Harrison has declared the nuclear sector a "top priority" as MPs across the country are pushed to support industry.

Plans for the Wylfa Newydd power station on Anglesey have been given a boost by a report from the Nuclear APPG (All-Party Parliamentary Group) which calls for the government to make urgent decisions on the project’s future. The report – Net Zero Needs Nuclear: A Roadmap to 2024 – says the government should commit to at least one additional nuclear power plant by the middle of 2024. Wylfa is seen as one of the best nuclear sites in Europe and would be a key contender for this investment. ...

Nuclear societies call for COP26 to support nuclear  World Nuclear News, 02 June 2021   ……  They are calling on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, COP26 President Alok Sharma and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa to acknowledge nuclear’s crucial position alongside renewables in attaining net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. In February this year, Nuclear for Climate – a grassroots [?] initiative published its COP26 Position ...

02 June 2021 Share Over 100 nuclear societies around the globe have called for world leaders to "follow the science" and recognise that nuclear energy output must at least double by 2050 to meet global net-zero targets. The call comes ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) being held in Glasgow from 1-12 November this year. (Image: Nuclear for Climate) The societies - representing over 80,000 young professionals, engineers, scientists, nuclear experts, environment...

12 April 2021 Share Policymakers who ignore nuclear energy are not serious about meeting climate goals, delegates said at an Atlantic Council webinar last week. The first in the Raising Ambitions series, the event highlighted the attributes of this clean source of electricity and heat ahead of the Leaders’ Climate Summit, which the US Administration is hosting on 22-23 April. Jennifer Gordon, managing editor and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center, moderated the web...