UK and US ink nuclear energy collaboration deal at COP29

Michael Holder
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David Turk and Ed Miliband | Credit: Dan Dennison / DESNZ
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David Turk and Ed Miliband | Credit: Dan Dennison / DESNZ

Agreement expected to help pool together billions of pounds-worth of nuclear technology R&D

The UK and the USA have committed to working more closely together to speed up the deployment of innovative new nuclear technology in a new agreement inked at the sidelines of COP29 in Azerbaijan yesterday....

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