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Helen Corbett

Miliband makes ‘no apologies’ after US criticism of Welsh nuclear plant plan

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Wire)

Ed Miliband has said he makes “no apologies” for the UK’s decision to choose Rolls-Royce to work on its first “small modular reactor” nuclear power station despite US criticism.

The first-of-its-kind project will be built at Wylfa, on Anglesey/Ynys Mon in North Wales by publicly owned Great British Energy-Nuclear with £2.5 billion in backing from the Government.

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