Nuclear is UK’s new North Sea oil – minister

A government minister will call today for a huge expansion of Britain’s nuclear power in what he predicts could be a
He will argue that replacing the existing reactors will be equivalent to investment “three times the size of the project to build Terminal 5 at Heathrow”, but that the economic benefits could be far greater if Britain went further.

The speech, one of the most pro-nuclear delivered by a government minister, comes before an Anglo-French announcement to co-operate on the expansion of nuclear power. Hutton will say: “There has never been a greater global demand for finance, equipment and skills to build and operate nuclear power stations. I want Britain to be leading the world in the development and application of this new generation of low carbon power technology.”

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