National Grid is planning to invest a record £35bn over the five years to 2031 on upgrading and extending the transmission network. Setting out details of the record investment plan this morning, National Grid said it would invest over £11bn…
Read MoreThe National Nuclear Laboratory has been given a new mission and role following a strategic review. Set up in 2008, NNL – which has bases in Workington and at the Sellafield site – is the UK’s lead civil national laboratory…
Read MoreBalfour Beatty today announces it has been awarded a contract by Prysmian to install 68 kilometres of high voltage direct current (HVDC) land cables from Fraisthorpe Sands to Drax in Yorkshire, England, as well as an additional 1 kilometre of…
Read MoreNuclear reactors could generate useful heat and produce green hydrogen as well as electricity – and thus play a major role in decarbonisation efforts – if the role of civil nuclear power in the energy mix could be reconsidered. Professor…
Read MoreThe Australian and UK Governments have announced a significant milestone between the Australian Submarine Agency (ASA) and industry partners that will support the delivery of the SSN AUKUS fleet of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines for the Royal Australian Navy.The ASA…
Read MoreTeam Barrow, a partnership between central government, Westmorland and Furness Council, and BAE Systems to develop the town, have confirmed contractors have been appointed to work on the multi-million-pound project. Arup, a collective of designers, engineers and technical experts, work…
Read MoreWater regulator Ofwat has approved spending of £104bn for infrastructure upgrades by water companies, six months after threatening to cut the figure. The announcement today (19 December) comes just six months after Ofwat announced plans to cut the amount to…
Read MoreDifferent countries planning the safe, permanent disposal of nuclear waste in geological repositories are sharing experiences and learning from each other, as Neil Hyatt, chief scientific advisor to the UK's Nuclear Waste Services explains. Why is there a need to…
Read MoreEcotricity founder Dale Vince has demanded a formal review of the Sizewell C nuclear power station, and a new carbon capture project, over concerns costs have “ballooned” by tens of billions of pounds. He has written to David Goldstone, the…
Read MoreWhat are the main priorities, the key events and the likely big developments in new nuclear capacity in 2025? Here's an edited transcript of World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León's World Nuclear News podcast interview. You can…
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