'The golden age of nuclear that we are building together'

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Ed Miliband at the NIA Conference / Credit: DESNZ
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Ed Miliband at the NIA Conference / Credit: DESNZ

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband's speech to the Nuclear Industry Association's Nuclear 2025 conference

Thank you, Tom [Greatrex] for that kind introduction. If you think about where we are now compared to where we were nine years ago, it's extraordinary the journey that the industry has been on - and...

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