The Latest Breaking News from Nuclear Power

The Russian-appointed head of the occupied Ukrainian town next to Europe's largest nuclear power plant was injured in an explosion on Sunday, a Ukrainian official and a Russian news agency said.

Research into costs of proposed Suffolk power station could further inflame debate over UK nuclear power

French energy giant EDF outlined the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the nuclear plant project in Somerset

Failures in government’s investment strategy mean taxpayer has contributed £10.7bn in just two years

The nuclear power station will not open until June 2027 now and the total spend will be close to £26 billion due to impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

Paris (AFP) - An already-delayed giant nuclear plant in southwest England will open a year later than planned and cost up to £3 billion more than previously thought, French electricity giant EDF said Thursday.

The proposals would see a breeding area the size of eight football pitches lost, as well as some three million fish, according to RSPB estimates.

Moscow (AFP) - Russia has hinted it is seeking to cut off Ukraine from Europe's largest nuclear plant unless Kyiv pays Moscow for electricity.

The nuclear power industry has been pushing the fantasy of yet another “renaissance” of nuclear power, based on the absurd idea that atomic reactors — which operate at 571 degrees Fahrenheit, resulting in substantial greenhouse gas emissions and, periodically, explosions — can somehow cool the planet.