Four of UK’s five nuclear power stations to be extended beyond planned closure

Torness Nuclear Power Station, near Dunbar, in Scotland (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Archive)

Four of Britain’s five nuclear power stations will stay open longer than previously planned, their operator has said.

The French energy company EDF said on Wednesday that the sites in Lancashire, East Lothian and Teesside will stay open longer following a seven-month review process.