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Build Back Better: Making small modular reactors stack up

Government could be set to invest more in small modular reactors as part of the green recovery plan. They could provide the natural successors to large nuclear reactors, supplying baseload in a future where intermittent energy will play an increasing part. But only if there is commitment to the necessary volume to deliver progressive cost reduction, say Julianne Antrobus and Robbie Lyons

4 years ago

The public has spoken… but is anyone listening?

4 years ago

Kwarteng warns against ‘turning our back on nuclear when we need it’

It would be “odd” for the UK to dismiss new nuclear power, the energy minister has admitted, amid mounting speculation that small modular reactors (SMRs) will be one of the technologies receiving support when the long-delayed energy white paper is published.

4 years ago

Sizewell B returns to full power

4 years ago

Armitt says UK nuclear is on hold until funding model is clear

It is “impossible to see” how new nuclear power stations will be developed in the UK until a framework for financing them is in place, National Infrastructure Sir John Armitt has warned.

4 years ago

Calls for immediate support for new UK nuclear, as Hitachi bows out

4 years ago

Citizens’ assembly backs EVs and low-carbon heat, but unsure on nuclear and CCS

A ban on the sale of internal combustion engine cars and gas boilers should be brought forward to as soon as 2030, the pioneering citizens assembly set up to help chart the UK’s route to net-zero emissions has recommended. The first report from the 110-strong Climate Assembly UK also expressed strong support for on and offshore wind generation and solar but was considerably cooler on nuclear and fossil fuels with CCS

4 years ago

Weekend press round-up: Ofgem under pressure to rethink crackdown on UK energy networks

In our latest review of sector coverage across the national newspapers, there is further backlash from energy networks over the regulator’s approach to the next price control. There is also a suggestion that more nuclear power plants could close early, as well as concern about the total cost of delivering a green grid. Meanwhile, Thames Water is under fire from a celebrity critic.

4 years ago