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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Four of UK’s oldest nuclear plants to run for even longer as Hinkley Point delayed

Sizewell B nuclear power station.
Sizewell B nuclear power station. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Four of Britain’s oldest nuclear power plants will continue running for more than a decade longer than initially planned to help bridge a gap before the delayed Hinkley Point nuclear station starts up.

The owner of Britain’s nuclear plants, the French energy company EDF, said it had agreed to extend the lifetime of its reactors yet again to “boost energy security and reduce dependence on imported gas”.

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