Nuclear Politics

Powering Up Britain / New Net Zero Plan Targets 10% Increase In Nuclear Share By 2050

By David Dalton
30 March 2023

Government wants gigawatt-size large reactors and is also ready to launch competition for first SMR
New Net Zero Plan Targets 10% Increase In Nuclear Share By 2050
The government wants to take the Sizewell C project to the point of final investment decision by the end of 2024. Courtesy EDF.
The UK government is committed to a programme of new nuclear projects beyond Sizewell C and will begin a competitive process in April to select the best small modular reactor technologies as it steps up efforts to ramp up nuclear capacity to around 24 GW by 2050.

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