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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. However, Horizon Nuclear Power officially withdrew its planning application for the proposed power s...

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 Paper, titled  Net Zero Needs Nuclear. Geraldine Thomas, well known schill for the nuclear indust...