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UK’s Sunak to unveil $252m investment in nuclear deterrent, nuclear energy

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is pushing to grow the country's nuclear industry [Darren Staples/Pool via Reuters]

United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to announce plans to invest 200 million pounds ($252m) in the country’s nuclear deterrent and civil nuclear industry.

Sunak will on Monday announce a “national endeavour” to secure the future of the nuclear submarine-building and nuclear energy industries, creating 40,000 jobs in the process, the prime minister’s office said in a statement on Sunday.

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