British chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed the government will spend £160m (€187m, $203m) on two nuclear sites in Wales and southwest England with a view to the construction of new reactors.
Speaking to the House of Commons, Hunt said the two sites are Wylfa in north Wales and Oldbury in South Gloucestershire, England.
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