Government offers £3.3m boost for next-generation nuclear technologies

Michael Holder
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Government offers £3.3m boost for next-generation nuclear technologies

Six early-stage Advanced Modular Reactor projects win share of funding to explore potential for decarbonisation of industrial heat supplies

A raft of innovative nuclear power projects and atomic regulatory research efforts have won a share of £3.3m in government funding today, in a move Ministers hope will unlock the development of new cutting-edge...

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