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Tom Greatrex / ‘Without Swift Decision-Making UK Is Heading For Clean Energy Gap’

By David Dalton
13 June 2019

NIA is warning that by 2030 all but one of the UK’s fleet of nuclear reactors will shut down
‘Without Swift Decision-Making UK Is Heading For Clean Energy Gap’
Tom Greatrex: ‘Nuclear has an integral part to play inn reducing emissions.’
Without swift decision-making the UK is heading for a significant gap in its clean generation capacity that cannot be reliably filled without increasing, rather than reducing, emissions levels, Tom Greatrex, the chief executive of the London-based Nuclear Industry Association has said.Mr Greatrex said the government’s commitment, announced earlier this week, to legislate a target for achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 shows the UK is serious about tackling climate change.

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