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- The government has pledged to review its long-term climate targets. Renewable energy, housing and and transport are just some areas where new policies could cut emissions fast
- EDF warns of delays at Flamanville nuclear power station in France Tue, 10 Apr 18, 11:50pmExperts fear UK’s planned Hinkley plant will face similar budget and deadline problems
- Why are unions so keen on nuclear jobs? | Letters Thu, 5 Apr 18, 3:43amAndy Stirling and Phil Johnstone reply to criticism of their analysis of the government’s infatuation with nuclear powerThanks to Mike Clancy (Letters, 2 April) for responding to our analysis that intense UK government...
- Why is the UK government so infatuated with nuclear power? Thu, 29 Mar 18, 6:00pmAs the nuclear option looks less and less sensible, it becomes harder to explain Whitehall’s enthusiasm. Might it be to do with the military?
- Nuclear watchdog raises Hinkley Point C concerns Mon, 26 Mar 18, 2:20amManagement failings could affect safety at EDF power station if unaddressed, says inspector
- Communities offered £1m a year to host nuclear waste dump Thu, 25 Jan 18, 10:57pmNew search for communities willing to host underground site for thousands of years
- National Grid criticises Ofgem over Hinkley Point C proposals Tue, 23 Jan 18, 8:28pmCompany says regulator’s plans are ‘disappointing’ and its claim of £100m savings is too high
- We must hope for real answers about Carillion. We don’t usually get them Sun, 21 Jan 18, 6:00pmUnderbidding for contracts to bring in cash – if that is what has happened – is a dangerous practice. We need to knowThe collapse of Carillion, the building and outsourcing company, throws up so many questions about the...
- EDF could build second nuclear plant 'for 20% less than Hinkley Point' Wed, 17 Jan 18, 10:30pmCompany claims a plant at Sizewell in Suffolk would be £4bn cheaper than £20bn project
- EDF could build second nuclear plant 'for a fifth less than Hinkley Point' Wed, 17 Jan 18, 10:30pmCompany claims a plant at Sizewell in Suffolk would be £4bn cheaper than £20bn project
- Short-term thinking of UK nuclear policy | Letters Thu, 4 Jan 18, 5:05amSue Roaf writes that evacuation plans for Hinkley Point would have to involve at least a million people; while Diarmuid Foley says that, in the modern world, the route to weapons-grade material is not taken through the civilian...
- Military secrets of our nuclear power plants | Letters Thu, 28 Dec 17, 5:04amDisturbing links between Britain’s nuclear power stations and the military are highlighted by Dr David LowryIn her excellent article on the Hinkley C nuclear plant financial fiasco (The long read, 21 December), Holly Watt...
- It’s time to join the renewables revolution | Letters Wed, 27 Dec 17, 5:13amMPs’ pension fund must dump fossil fuel investment, says Caroline Lucas; and the government should look to getting out of nuclear power, writes Paul DonovanThe government’s decision to allow pension funds to dump investments...
- Hinkley Point: the ‘dreadful deal’ behind the world’s most expensive power plant Thu, 21 Dec 17, 5:00pmBuilding Britain’s first new nuclear reactor since 1995 will cost twice as much as the 2012 Olympics – and by the time it is finished, nuclear power could be a thing of the past...
- Hinkley Point C subsidy has dealt consumers 'a bad hand', say MPs Wed, 22 Nov 17, 11:01amGovernment accused of failing billpayers by agreeing to fixed price for 35-year contract that will cost £30bn