ONR signs off decommissioning of nuclear research site – after ten years
A nuclear experimental site used by Imperial College researchers has become Britain's first to be fully decommissioned in UK nuclear history under modern regulatory...
Heysham 1 steam leak triggers EdF improvement notice
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has served an improvement notice on EdF Energy's nuclear generation division, following an incident at Heysham 1 power...
Sizewell C meets councils’ demands, opens way to construction
Backers of the Sizewell C nuclear project have initiated its Development Consent Order (DCO), clearing the way for construction to begin at the new...
Ministers seek ‘fourfold’ nuclear leap forward, Britain’s biggest in 70 years
The government today signalled its ambitions to increase nuclear capacity fourfold to 24GW by 2050, a leap billed as Britain’s biggest in 70 years.
Construction...
Government pumps £300m into high-tech nuclear fuel, ends Putin’s sector dominance
Britain is set to become the first country in Europe to launch a high-tech HALEU nuclear fuel programme, strengthening supply for new nuclear projects....
Renewables output in 2023 ‘enough to power all UK homes‘, ECIU calculates
Academics at the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit say the 90TWh of electricity generated in 2023 by Britain’s wind, solar and hydro sectors alone...
Buy British to boost nuclear generation, and revive Wylfa, MPs urge
Britain’s nuclear expansion must be sourced from home-based suppliers, and must include reviving north Wales’ defunct Wylfa station, an industry-backed panel of MPs advocates...
US and Britain sign research accord on nuclear fusion
The UK and US last week signed a partnership to advance the development and commercialisation of nuclear fusion technology. Andrew Bowie, the UK’s minister...
Hydrogen hopes: Rolls-Royce trios up to probe gas’s potential from small nukes
Small nuclear reactors (SMRs) as sources of low-carbon hydrogen fit to decarbonise industry and to fuel vehicles are the focus of an engineering partnership...
Nuclear submarines boss to head delivery of UK’s fusion energy
Ministry of Defence mandarin Paul Methven is the first CEO of UK Industrial Fusion Solutions (UKIFS), responsible for the delivery of STEP – a...
Rolls-Royce and NPL ally to monitor mini-nukes
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and Rolls-Royce SMR are partnering on a new project to investigate safe automated reactor operation for nuclear-powered Small Modular...
EDF to invest £4.5bn this year in UK low carbon electricity
Nuclear-to-solar-to-wind generator EDF Energy says it is on track to develop £4.5billion-worth of low carbon electricity-making assets in the UK this year.
In its 2023...
Government hails Great British Nuclear, pumps £156 million into SMR contests
Grant Shapps today advanced £156 million of taxpayers’ money to boost development of nuclear energy, focusing on mini-reactors of a type adapted by Rolls...
Magazine ranks Octopus as UK’s most ethical energy supplier. BG, EDF & Shell are...
Octopus Energy has been awarded a perfect score of 100 for ethical accreditation by The Good Shopping Guide, ranking it Britain’s most scrupulous energy...
Nuke sludge sucker passes first test, preps for deployment
A pioneering new technique to remove sludge from nuclear fuel ponds has been successfully trialled at one of the UK’s largest wet test facilities.
The...
Hunt’s ‘sustainable’ label for nuclear angers green campaigners
Jeremy Hunt’s designation in his spring budget of nuclear as a “sustainable” electricity source has provoked anger from environmental campaigners.
The chancellor made the re-classification...
Renewables & nuke yield over 60 % of UK power during winter
Wind, hydro, nuclear and solar together generated over 60% of Britain’s electricity over five months of the winter, new figures out from RenewableUK state.
Splits...
CCUS “backed by government’s £20 billion” to head Hunt’s energy Budget, Treasury briefs
Twenty-year Government incentives promoting carbon capture use and storage (CCUS) will reportedly headline benefits to the energy sector in Jeremy Hunt’s Budget on Wednesday.
The...
Enforcement action revealed after Hinkley Point C site death
Three enforcement notices have been served on owners and contractors at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station development following a worker’s death on...
Government finds £102 million at Christmas to prime new nuclear & hydrogen
The Sunak administration today presented early gifts to investors in nuclear power and advanced hydrogen, finding parcels of £77 million and £25 million respectively...