Britain could build seven nuclear power stations – minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain may construct as much as seven new nuclear energy stations as a part of a radical enlargement of homegrown power following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Enterprise Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng instructed The Sunday Telegraph.
“There’s a world the place we’ve got six or seven websites within the UK” by 2050, Kwarteng instructed the newspaper.
The Sunday Telegraph mentioned ministers have agreed to arrange a brand new improvement automobile, known as Nice British Nuclear, to determine websites, lower by way of crimson tape to hurry up the planning course of, and produce collectively non-public corporations to run every web site.
It mentioned Britain’s new power safety technique, set to be unveiled on Thursday, is predicted to commit the federal government to supporting the development of a minimum of two new large-scale nuclear vegetation by 2030 along with small modular reactors.
(Reporting by James Davey; Modifying by Daniel Wallis)
