UK Minister Underlines Commitment To Nuclear ‘Without Subsidies’
Written by NucNet
Friday, 18 June 2010
The UK’s energy minister has underlined the coalition government’s commitment to building a new fleet of nuclear power plants in the UK, outlining how it plans to remove “unnecessary” barriers to the construction of new reactors.
Charles Hendry told a nuclear industry meeting in London this week that the government will support new nuclear plants that can be built, operated and decommissioned without recourse to public subsidy.
He also confirmed that initial conversations between ministers and the energy companies planning to build a new fleet of reactors suggest that they are confident that unsubsidised nuclear plants can be built.
