South Korea is in talks to build a new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK as ministers scramble to improve the country’s energy supply, The Telegraph reported.
British business minister Kwasi Kwarteng has met state-owned Korea Electric Power Corporation to discuss investment in the British nuclear industry and the talks with officials are ongoing, the report added.
It comes after Russia’s war in Ukraine has forced an urgent rethink on energy security after Moscow halted gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria and an EU embargo on Russian oil looms ever closer.
British business minister Kwasi Kwarteng has met state-owned Korea Electric Power Corporation to discuss investment in the British nuclear industry and the talks with officials are ongoing, the report added.
It comes after Russia’s war in Ukraine has forced an urgent rethink on energy security after Moscow halted gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria and an EU embargo on Russian oil looms ever closer.
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