The Government has set out plans to build eight more nuclear power stations in its energy security strategy published today.
The ambitious energy expansion would see:
– 25% or up to 24 GW of UK electricity produced from nuclear power by 2050.
– Speed up planning, aiming on average to approve a scheme each year to 2030.
– Involve backing construction of the planned two reactors at Sizewell C in Suffolk as the next new scheme after the 3.2GW Hinkley Point project in Somerset.
– Other sites mentioned as candidates for nuclear reactors include Wylfa in Anglesey and Oldbury in Cumbria.
The Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR) business includes BAM and Laing O’Rourke among its main supply chain partners.
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