nuclear

Three-year funding programme announced for small modular reactors, alongside proposals for large power stations across the UK and £86m for nuclear fusion research

State-owned Kepco confirmed as preferred bidder to build reactors in Cumbria

Long-awaited master plan to kickstart growth and revive flagging productivity banks on low-carbon innovation and smart technologies to transform UK economy

Report by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee says poorest billpayers will be hit hardest by 35-year nuclear plant deal and calls for transparent assessment of wider jobs benefits

Government response to MPs' energy and climate change Brexit inquiry has 'encouraging signs', but still lacks clarity on key issues, warns key parliamentary committee

Controversial plans to establish post-Brexit domestic nuclear power safeguards framework introduced to Parliament today

Energy Secretary Rick Perry reveals controversial proposals to ensure higher prices for 'resilient' coal and nuclear power

Energy for Humanity's Kirsty Gogan warns the nuclear industry will lose out in the low-carbon transition unless it ups its cost-cutting game

Record-breaking cost reductions mark a major achievement for the sector, but deployment pipeline is still not on track to hit UK climate targets and roadblocks remain for other technologies

Long-awaited federal research paper calls for more support for new coal power, despite data revealing cheap gas rather than regulatory action has sparked its demise