The government today gave the green light to eight new reactors, in a move that will see the UK push forward with the most ambitious fleet of new nuclear power stations in Europe.
Today's announcement by the Department of Energy and Climate Change will see nuclear power plants operating at eight sites within the next decade: Bradwell, Essex; Hartlepool; Heysham, Lancashire; Hinkley Point, Somerset; Oldbury, South Gloucestershire; Sellafield, Cumbria; Sizewell, Suffolk and Wylfa, Anglesey. All are in the vicinity of existing nuclear power plants.
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Source: Guardian online