Britain’s nuclear industry faces a do-or-die moment
Boris Johnson weighs up whether to throw his support behind a new power station
THE VILLAGE of Sizewell, on the east coast of England, has hosted nuclear power stations since 1966. The first is closed. The second, Sizewell B, started feeding power into the grid in 1995. The government is considering whether to back the construction of a third. It would be a replica of the Hinkley C plant that is under construction in Somerset, the first new nuclear power station built in Britain in 25 years. Sizewell C, if it is built, will be the second. The decision is crucial for the future of Britain’s nuclear industry.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Chain reaction”
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