The U.K. government has warmed up its flagging nuclear power program with government plans announced April 7 for 24 GW over the next 30 years, including small modular reactors possibly coming on line early in the next decade.
Nuclear power is at the heart of the country’s new energy policy, at a time of surging fossil fuel prices, net-zero carbon dioxide targets and the war in Ukraine, said Prime Minister Boris Johnson. "This will be central to weaning Britain off expensive fossil fuels ... and boosting our diverse sources of homegrown energy for greater energy security in the long-term," he noted.