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United Kingdom, green light for a new nuclear power plant. 'Electricity for 6 million homes'

2022-07-20T12:34:51.191Z


London: 'Nuclear energy is one of the priorities of the energy strategy' (ANSA) The British government has given the green light to the new Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk, eastern England, which the government says will generate low-carbon electricity for six million homes . "Today the Secretary of State for Enterprise, l 'Energy and Industrial Strategy has granted clearance to the Sizewell C project, ”the government said in a statement. The new EPR Sizewell C nuc


The

British government

has given the

green

light to the

new Sizewell C nuclear power plant

in Suffolk, eastern England, which the government says will generate

low-carbon

electricity

for six million homes

. "Today the Secretary of State for Enterprise, l 'Energy and Industrial Strategy has granted clearance to the Sizewell C project, ”the government said in a statement.

The new EPR Sizewell C nuclear power plant will have

France's EDF as its main partner

.

London has made the development of nuclear energy one of the

priorities

of its

energy strategy

, but many of its

15 reactors

are at the end of their life cycle and the only plant currently under construction,

Hinkley Point C

, a project also led by EDF and from the Chinese CGN, has seen its costs soar and will not open until 2027. In the midst of a cost of living crisis caused by the surge in energy bills and with the war in Ukraine which has brought back

energy independence

in the spotlight, the UK wants to accelerate the development of nuclear energy.

Source: ansa

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