Nuclear Roadmap News Today

Although technically wedded to the pursuance of new nuclear, whetherLabour in office continues to tread a nuclear path is far from certain. Labour ministers would face a plethora of competing financial demands fromthe onset of their new term in government. In its last period in office(1997 to 2010), Labour built no new nuclear power plants;…

EAC chair Phillip Dunne has expressed his doubts in an open letter to energy secretary Claire Coutinho following the EAC’s inquiry into the introduction

Companies sign deal to advance plans to develop fleet of four privately-financed small modular reactors on Teesside with a view to power plants coming online in the early 2030s

The UK's Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant, which was expected to be completed in 2027 and cost up to GBP26 billion, is now unlikely to be operational before 2030, with the overall cost revised to between GBP31 to GBP34 billion (in 2015 prices), EDF has said.

EDF says the opening date for Hinkley Point C nuclear power station looks set to be delayed by a further three years as the cost of building it could soar by about a third.

The fallout from the latest delays to the flagship Hinkley Point nuclear project are wide-ranging - and they present significant challenges for both the government and the opposition

Hinkley Point C will cost as much as £35bn to complete and will come online up to four years later than planned, its French developer has said.

The new Roadmap reads like an outing to a massive nuclear sweet shop. On top of Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C, we’ll have one more big one. And then we’ll have lots of Small Modular Reactors, all over the country. And we’ll have a new fuel processing plant. And a new Geological Disposal Facility…

Top energy executives to offer Labour advice on how to accelerate delivery and curb costs for major infrastructure projects

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