Forget the steel, Sheffield targets nuclear industry boost
Government designates Yorkshire and the North West as first Nuclear Low Carbon Economic Area
The government today announced wide-ranging plans to bolster the UK's nuclear industry through the creation of a nuclear manufacturing hub in the North West and Yorkshire, designed to ensure that British...
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