The Chinese firm helping to build the new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point is to submit a design for another site after the Government go-ahead for the £18 billion project.
MPs should be given a vote over the Hinkley Point nuclear power station so those who support it can be “named and shamed”, Alex Salmond has said.
At an estimated cost of £30 billion to the bill-payer, the new Hinkley Point nuclear power plant has sparked accusations of being a huge white elephant.
The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has said the final approval of Hinkley Point is a welcome boost for the UK's nuclear industry.
The Hinkley Point C nuclear power station will go ahead following a “new agreement” with EDF, the Government has confirmed.
Speculation is mounting that the Government is set to give the go ahead for the first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK for a generation, creating thousands of jobs.
A poll has shown support for the Hinkley Point nuclear power station is at an 'all time low', according to reports.
Fresh data has revealed an estimated 65,000 jobs in the UK are supported by the nuclear industry.
A South Korean electric power utility is said to be close to investing in a $13billion project in the UK which could see construction of a new nuclear power plant near Sellafield.
North Korea is capable of detonating another nuclear device at any time at the country’s main test site, South Korea has said, three days after Pyongyang carried out its fifth atomic bomb explosion.
Iran has begun building its second nuclear power plant with Russian help, the first such project since last year’s landmark nuclear deal with world powers.
Iran has begun building its second nuclear power plant with Russian help, the first such project since last year’s landmark nuclear deal with world powers.
A European monitoring agency has reported a 5.0 magnitude quake near North Korea’s north-eastern nuclear test site.
Sellafield nuclear site is not a danger to the public, the Government has insisted after a whistleblower warned of a string of safety concerns.
Theresa May has defended the delay on whether to give the go-ahead to Hinkley Point despite the diplomatic difficulties it will cause during her visit to China.
French President Francois Hollande’s government is concerned that discussions on the sidelines of the Group of 20 talks in China will sound the death knell for the Hinkley Point nuclear power project in the U.K., according to people involved in the talks.
Roads around Wick Airport will be regularly shut over the next 18 months so nuclear waste can be flown to the United States.
The long-running saga over a planned new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point has taken a fresh twist after French union officials started legal action against a decision by energy giant EDF to go ahead with the project.
The UK can meet its energy and climate change targets without building the controversial new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, a new report has found.
Britain could scrap the 18 billion-pound ($23 billion) nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point and get the same amount of electricity from offshore wind turbines for roughly the same investment.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has written to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang to express her desire to enhance trade and strategic ties, her nation’s new Asia envoy said.
A Chinese energy company set to invest in the UK's Hinkley Point Nuclear power station is allegedly facing charges of nuclear espionage in the US, according to reports.
Theresa May must make a decision on whether to approve the Hinkley Point nuclear power project before the end of next month or risk jeopardising increasingly important economic ties with China, Lord Mandelson has said.
The British government’s surprise decision last week to review the $24 billion Hinkley Point nuclear plant would leave a huge hole in the U.K.’s energy policy if it leads to the project’s cancellation.
A candidate in the Labour Party leadership bid has claimed the UK could face power outages in the future if the Hinkley Point project is not approved.