Nuclear

George Monbiot and Mark Lynas among those to warn that meeting UK's carbon targets is near impossible without new reactors

More new reactors must be built if the UK is serious about decarbonisation, former chief scientific adviser says

Senior green campaigners warn nuclear policy leaves the UK dependent on French companies

Fledgling green industries could be hit as document reveals move to rebrand nuclear power as a renewable form of energy

A year on from Fukushima disaster, council says safety in nuclear industry should be a 'collaborative, not competitive issue'

Rising sea levels because of climate change put 12 of 19 sites at risk, unpublished government analysis shows

Government reaffirms commitment to nuclear build programme as MacKerron report highlights scale of nuclear liabilities

Market has failed to provide sufficient new capacity to deal with increase in demand, energy minister warns

Agreement could eventually result in investment of up to £60bn and the creation of 30,000 jobs, says Cameron

Utility's share of NuGen joint venture to build 3.6GW plant in Cumbria bought by partners GDF Suez and Iberdrola