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UK Business Secretary Kwarteng boasts about new nuclear plants, but admits that local consent will be needed

Britain could build up to seven new nuclear power stations as part of a
radical expansion of homegrown energy following Vladimir Putin’s invasion
of Ukraine, the Business Secretary has said. In an interview with The
Telegraph,…………………

 but, in the face of significant opposition from ministers and backbenchers, Mr Kwarteng acknowledged: “Anymovement has to have a large measure of local consent.” The Great British
Nuclear delivery body is likely to be a government-owned company

 Telegraph 2nd April 2022

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/04/02/britain-could-get-seven-new-nuclear-power-stations-2050/

April 4, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK