One Reason We Will Not Get A New Nuclear Plant In Caithness - Building Nuclear Plants In Britain Is More Expensive Than Almost Anywhere Else

23rd December 2023

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Britain used to lead the world in nuclear power. This is the country that split the atom, built the world's first full-scale nuclear power station, and then proceeded to build nine more in the decade that followed. When Calder Hall was opened, Lord Privy Seal, Richard Butler, noted "It may be that after 1965 every new power station being built will be an atomic power station."

But while Britain has built plenty of new wind, solar, biomass, and gas-fired power stations in the last 28 years, it hasn't built a single new nuclear power station.

One reason is the cost in the UK - many times more than other countries.

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