Nuclear

Up to a third of roles at certain companies are identified as being at risk, the Sizewell C Consortium estimates

A new report stresses supportive energy policies and market designs must facilitate investment to build enough new nuclear capacity to offset approaching retirements

The business, which is working to accelerate the development of commercial fusion power, has received the new financing from the Department of Energy

A cross-industry team working as part of the Nuclear Sector Deal has set out the key factors to reduce the risk and expenditure associated with new-build nuclear

EDF had planned to keep generating electricity from the 44-year-old facility until 2023 but says it will now move into the defuelling phase no later than 7th January 2022

That’s the suggestion made in a new report from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, which forecasts the land at the 148-acre site will be completely ‘dedesignated’ or reused in 313 years

Moltex Energy’s Stable Salt Reactor is designed to burn processed spent fuel pellets which would otherwise have to be stored as radioactive waste

That’s the bold claim from Jonathon Porritt, Co-Founder of Forum for the Future, who told Energy Live News that the UK ‘has been one of the most incompetent countries in developing nuclear infrastructure’

The Environment Agency is seeking feedback from the community and national stakeholders on applications for three environmental permits required for the operation of the facility

Almost 21TWh of electricity has come from onshore and offshore generation in the country through the month