Green Investment Bank could help to build nuclear reactors

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The Conservatives' pre-election manifesto promised that the bank would finance 'new green technology start-ups'

The government's Green Investment Bank could fund the building of new nuclear reactors, it has emerged. It is the latest form of public financial support on offer to the industry from the government...

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