UK prime minister Boris Johnson, whose government recently announced plans to build up to eight new nuclear power plants, has underlined his commitment to reactors, saying in an interview that Sizewell C is “certainly on the agenda” and will be partly paid for by international investors.
Mr Johnson told Radio Suffolk: “We want Sizewell C and we’ll be bringing forward plans as fast as possible”.
Sizewell C, EDF’s £20bn proposed nuclear power station in eastern England, is part of a fleet of new nuclear power plants at the heart of the government’s energy strategy, in which Mr Johnson last month set out aims to boost new nuclear power, offshore wind and hydrogen.
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