'Urgent need to turn hopes into actions': MPs urge government for 'concrete and detailed' nuclear energy strategy

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Sizewell A and Sizewell B, two nuclear power stations located on the North Sea coast | Credit: iStock
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Sizewell A and Sizewell B, two nuclear power stations located on the North Sea coast | Credit: iStock

Science, Innovation, and Technology Committee warns government is off track to meet its nuclear targets unless urgent reforms to its strategy are made

The government must urgently draw up and publish a clear nuclear energy strategy if it is to stand any chance of achieving its ambition for the UK operating 24GW of capacity by 2050, MPs on Parliament's...

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