Hendry: UK's nuclear reactor fleet could be extended beyond 2025

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

The UK's ageing nuclear reactors look likely to have their lives extended beyond the mid-2020s as the country looks to tackle a looming energy gap, energy minister Charles Hendry said today. Nuclear...

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