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Nuclear power


6 hrs ago
People walk in front of a Google logo.

Google turns to nuclear to power AI data centres

The tech giant says it will use energy from small reactors to power its use of artificial intelligence.

6 hrs ago
Business
4 days ago
A photo of Sizewell B's turbine hall. It shows the interior of a very large room filled with machinery.

Sizewell B reactor offline for £75m improvements

The reactor has been turned off to allow teams to carry out improvements and inspections.

4 days ago
6 days ago
Campaigners in a packed village hall, one of whom is dressed as a hedgehog. Placard says "Hedgehogs live here!"

Nuclear plant 'will decimate fish stocks'

The company building it accepts fish will be killed in its system, but wants to create new habitats.

6 days ago
England
1 Oct 2024
An artist's impression of what the new Sizewell C plant will look like from the air. There are many industrial buildings pictured in light grey in the countryside next to the sea.

Sizewell C commits £25m to A12 flood defence work

A worst-case scenario shows the road could be flooded up to 150 days a year without the work.

1 Oct 2024
29 Sep 2024
The Sellafield site seen from a distance. On the skyline, several tall concrete buildings can be seen, as well as several smaller buildings. In the foreground, cows graze on a field.

Nuclear storage racks take first fuel

New racks will allow the Sellafield site in Cumbria to store 50% more spent fuel.

29 Sep 2024
24 Sep 2024
Close up of front of a snake robot

Snake robot sent to part of Dounreay not seen in years

The machine developed by the University of Nottingham was used to investigate part of Dounreay.

24 Sep 2024
23 Sep 2024
Brown and green fields and clusters of trees in the foreground, with the partially-built Hinkley Point C site in the background, with dozens of white crane arms dominating the skyline.

Overnight closures for power station road repairs

Hinkley Point Road is being resurfaced overnight for the next month.

23 Sep 2024
Somerset
20 Sep 2024
Steam rises out of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island, with the operational plant run by Exelon Generation, in Middletown, Pennsylvania on March 26, 2019.

Microsoft chooses infamous nuclear site for AI power

The 1979 accident at Three Mile Island had cast a shadow on nuclear power in the US for decades.

20 Sep 2024
Business
19 Sep 2024
The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in a dark suit an white shirt with a green tie, wearing black-framed glasses, standing in the Downing Street garden

Pylons and solar farms the cost of lower bills - PM

Energy bills must come down and "transitioning to renewable energy" is key, says Sir Keir Starmer.

19 Sep 2024
England

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