11 June 2025, 12:40

By Dr Mann Virdee

Yesterday was a good day for nuclear power.

The government announced it’s committing £14.2 billion to the building of the Sizewell C nuclear power station. It’s also allocating £2.5 billion for a small modular reactor (SMR) programme. That comes alongside the news that Rolls-Royce SMR has won the Great British Nuclear competition to build the first SMRs in the UK.

There’s no doubt this is a step forward and is to be welcomed. Countries around the world are grappling with the ‘energy trilemma’ – balancing energy security, affordability, and sustainability. Nuclear energy is vital to tackling this challenge.

But this decision is also long overdue. As I

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