Nuclear

French energy giant claims fresh funding takes its total investment in UK's nuclear energy fleet to almost £9bn since 2009

Scaling domestic production of specialist fuel can reduce UK's reliance on Russian supplies, government claims

Fossil fuel-generated electricity fell more than a fifth in 2023 to lowest in 66 years, but renewable power generation has also 'effectively stood still', Carbon Brief finds

US among new members of the Powering Past Coal Alliance, as major economies back target to treble global nuclear capacity

Sadiq Khan unveils new £100m investment in green projects across London in partnership with Sustainable Development Capital LLP

Claims that SMRs are cheaper, easier to build, safer and less wasteful are unproven and misleading, argues University of Greenwich professor Stephen Thomas

Partnership with ULC-Energy and Topsoe to explore the potential for zero emission hydrogen production using power from small modular reactors

Steelmaker Nucor is investing $35m in Helion, a nuclear fusion company, as part of a plan to build a power plant for one of its steel mills - and Microsoft is also betting on the venture

Government agrees to map out route to 24GW nuclear target by 2050 and allow Parliament to consider major investment value for money amid fears of 'another HS2'

New Fusion Futures Programme promises to deliver over 2,500 training places and a new fuel cycle testing facility