Energy minister warns against nuclear skills crisis

James S Murray
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Charles Hendry: "By 2025, 70 per cent of our existing nuclear workforce will have retired"

The UK's "nuclear renaissance" will fail to materialise unless government and industry step up efforts to tackle a looming nuclear skills shortage. That is the stark warning delivered by energy minister...

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