Britain's plans for a new generation of nuclear power stations have suffered another setback after being delayed by at least a year.

Belgium's political parties have reached a conditional agreement to shut down the country's two remaining nuclear power stations, owned by GDF Suez unit Electrabel, a government spokeswoman said earlier this week. More »

‘Liberal Democrats have long opposed any new nuclear construction. Conservatives, by contrast, are committed to allowing the replacement of existing nuclear power stations provided that they are subject to the normal planning process for major projects (under a new National Planning Statement), and also provided that they receive no public subsidy.’ So declares the Coalition

Ministers will today announce that they will push ahead with plans to build about eight nuclear power stations despite the Fukushima meltdown in Japan earlier this year.

Angela Merkel's decision to phase out nuclear power stations is a cynical exercise in realpolitik, says Daniel Johnson.

Angela Smith, Labour MP and campaigner against the withdrawal of funding to Forgemasters, has today slammed Lib Dem controlled Sheffield Council for sending out mixed messages over nuclear power, after the Lib Dem councillors backed a motion which rejected the building of a new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK. This was in the same week that Nick Clegg, their leader said funding migh...

Chris Huhne has gone nuclear. Mr Huhne used to say: "Ministers must stop the side-show of new nuclear power stations now." But in those days Mr Huhne was a Liberal Democrat opposition spokesman, which meant he thought we could cut our emissions by relying on wind, wave and tidal power, together with carbon capture and storage.

Britain's 'big six' energy groups are to warn the government that its proposed floor price for emissions permits is not enough of an incentive for them to invest in new nuclear power stations

THE debate over the future of Scotland's energy policy was reignited yesterday after the Westminster coalition announced eight potential sites for nuclear power stations.

THE debate over the future of Scotland's energy policy was reignited yesterday after the Westminster coalition announced eight potential sites for nuclear power stations.