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UK / Government Committee Calls For 8 GW Of New Nuclear By 2035

By David Dalton
9 December 2020

Report also urges consideration of alternative financing models for reactors
Government Committee Calls For 8 GW Of New Nuclear By 2035
Two EPRs at Hinkley Point C are the only new commercial reactors under construction in the UK. Courtesy EDF Energy.
The UK should consider 8 GW of new build to restore nuclear generation to current levels by 2035 following the retirement of existing reactors in the 2020s, the government’s climate change committee says in a report.

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