The Latest Breaking News from Nuclear Power

Failures in government’s investment strategy mean taxpayer has contributed £10.7bn in just two years

The nuclear power station will not open until June 2027 now and the total spend will be close to £26 billion due to impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

The proposals would see a breeding area the size of eight football pitches lost, as well as some three million fish, according to RSPB estimates.

The nuclear power industry has been pushing the fantasy of yet another “renaissance” of nuclear power, based on the absurd idea that atomic reactors — which operate at 571 degrees Fahrenheit, resulting in substantial greenhouse gas emissions and, periodically, explosions — can somehow cool the planet.

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) granted an initial approval on Wednesday for a Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) plan for releasing water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant the into sea, saying there are no safety issues.

Dozens of environmental and anti-nuclear organizations are opposing any attempt to extend the operating life of California's last running nuclear power plant

Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant would be Turkey’s first, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may cause problems.

The French energy firm has issued a statement following comments by the business secretary over the cost to consumers of building more nuclear plants in the UK

The protest in Suffolk came days after ministers delayed a decision on plans for the new plant.

During his visit to north Wales on Thursday, Kwasi Kwarteng said that during the early stages of building a reactor it would "add at most a few pounds a year to a typical household", but in the longer term it would provide us with "cheaper power"

THE Tory Energy Secretary has admitted the Government’s nuclear plans may increase household energy bills.