FFS, we’re keeping coal plants like West Burton open to counter rising gas prices but yet can’t give the go ahead to low carbon projects that will guarantee energy independence and help meet climate goals.
If the government doesn’t get it’s thumb out of its arse soon all the workforce from HPC will have packed up and moved onto other jobs when SZC comes around and we’ll miss out on loads of the efficiency benefits of building a second of a kind plant.
> Mr Johnson said: “Nuclear is coming home. So instead of a new reactor every decade we will have a new reactor every year. For years, governments have dodged the big decisions on energy, but not this one.
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FFS, we’re keeping coal plants like West Burton open to counter rising gas prices but yet can’t give the go ahead to low carbon projects that will guarantee energy independence and help meet climate goals.
If the government doesn’t get it’s thumb out of its arse soon all the workforce from HPC will have packed up and moved onto other jobs when SZC comes around and we’ll miss out on loads of the efficiency benefits of building a second of a kind plant.
> Mr Johnson said: “Nuclear is coming home. So instead of a new reactor every decade we will have a new reactor every year. For years, governments have dodged the big decisions on energy, but not this one.
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/energy-strategy-what-uk-government-plans-new-nuclear-power-plants-explained-1561414
Bit like the 40 new hospitals then.
Just get on with it.
We’re in a mess with energy, housing, rail etc because we don’t take decisions when they are required and instead faff for decades.