Much of the public is afraid of nuclear power. Four or five high-profile disasters over the last century — not to mention the ...

Initially developed in the 1950s, molten salt reactors have benefits in higher efficiencies and lower waste generation. Some designs do not require solid fuel, which eliminates the need for ...

Planning rules will be ripped up to make it easier to build new nuclear reactors and create thousands of highly skilled jobs, the government has announced. The reforms are the latest in a series ...

The prime minister has announced plans to build small nuclear reactors in England and Wales, in an attempt to lower energy bills. Keir Starmer said that red tape will be “slashed” and thousands of ...

A new generation of smaller nuclear reactors could be based on decommissioned sites, speeding up the process considerably, a Government adviser argues Engineers fitting a steel dome onto Hinkley ...

Photo: Handout / EDF ENGERY/AFP/File Britain's Labour government on Thursday said changes to planning laws will speed up the country's rollout of mini-nuclear reactors aimed at providing cheaper and ...