All news on the topic: Nuclear power

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'Delusional' man claimed to be MI6 agent as he tried to get into major spy base
Christian Sollitt, 44, claimed he was an "MI6 agent" and wanted access to a high security spy base in Yorkshire. However, he was busted by police and was handed a 18-month community order
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Radiation-proof worms discovered living inside Chernobyl exclusion zone
Following the world's worst nuclear disaster at Chornobyl in 1986, the surrounding area known as the Exclusion Zone, was transformed into a deadly radioactive landscape
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Vladimir Putin in wild plans with China to build nuclear power plant on the Moon
The head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos spoke today of plans to to deliver and install a nuclear power plant on the moon by 2035 with China
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Mansion owner 'checking every hour' as home teeters on urgently crumbling cliff
The multi-million pound mansion is one of many at risk of tumbling into the Pacific Ocean as the unstable cliff in California crumbles
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Putin 'laughing at us' after test flop as 'UK put all nuke eggs in one basket'
Russian President Vladimir Putin is 'laughing' at the UK after our nuclear deterrent Trident flopped in its latest test, according to Prof Anthony Glees, security and intelligence expert at the University of Buckingham
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British Gas owner Centrica considers investing in Sizewell C nuclear plant
Centrica chief executive Chris O'Shea said the Sizewell site was a "possible future investment" as the Government tries to secure funding for the plant
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Just like Margaret Thatcher, miners' wives were not for turning
When miners started being arrested on demos during 1984, their wives joined them and spoke of the cause around the country.
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Fukushima nuclear power plant leaks 5.5 metric tons of highly radioactive water
An estimated 5,500 litres of radioactive water leaked from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant - but no sign of contamination has been detected outside the facility
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Hinkley Point C nuclear plant could cost £35bn and be delayed by three years
The final cost of the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, being built in Somerset, could be as much as £35 billion, according to the French firm developing it
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What life is like at Pontins resort after holiday park closed to home workers
Tommy Marshall, who is living at Pontins Brean Sands in Somerset while working on the Hinkley Point C project, has told how his kids love visiting him at the resort
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Life at Pontins former holiday park as it's transformed into worker housing
Pontins Brean Sands, in Somerset, closed to the public earlier this year to make room for 900 workers on the Hinkley Point C project as EDF builds two new nuclear reactors in the area
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Baba Vanga's predictions that came true in 2023 - and what she got wrong
Baba Vanga, also known as the ' Nostradamus of the Balkans', is believed to have have strong visions and is said to have gained her powers after she lost her sight during a deadly storm
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National Grid will pay Brits to turn off power tomorrow as mercury drops to -8C
The National Grid is set to offer some households money if they're willing to cut their power usage on Wednesday as bad weather hits the UK and the rest of the continent
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Man City owner 'could help build UK nuclear power plant' to power 6million homes
Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who owns Manchester City, controls a sovereign wealth fund which could help fund the £20billion Sizewell C project in Suffolk, it has been reported
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Thousands of blue balls wash up on beaches after fierce storms batter UK
Wildlife experts have issued a warning after more than 1,000 mysterious balls were found on UK shorelines, claiming they pose an environmental threat despite being biodegradable
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Fears of 'real-life Godzilla' as Japan dumps waste from Fukushima plant into sea
China's Global Times newspaper warned Japan could open a 'Pandora's box' and spark fears of a 'real-life Godzilla', the gigantic radioactive lizard which first appeared in Japanese cinema in 1954
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Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner hail 'inspirational' Lionesses
In a personal letter to the squad, Labour leader Keir Starmer wrote of the pride he felt after taking his daughter to watch the team in the Euros semi-final last year, saying she had been “immediately absorbed.”
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Boss uses 'wobbly chair test' in all interviews and doesn't hire those who fail
A man has shared how interviewing officers at a nuclear power school refuse to hire candidates who fail its simple 'wobbly chair test', as it shows more about their character than regular interview questions
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'Rishi Sunak would rather create culture wars than battle climate crisis'
No wonder he was attacked by a number of Conservative voices when renewable energy will give us cheaper power, supply security and jobs in the future
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Medal that Britain's nuclear veterans have waited 70 years for finally unveiled
The delayed and long-awaited nuclear test medal is finally in production, 70 years after Britain's first atomic bomb
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Minister finally announces nuclear power 'renaissance' after years of dithering
Grant Shapps admitted he wishes 'we'd got on with it sooner' as the Tories came under fire over slow progress in growing nuclear power in the UK - with Labour branding delays a 'shambles'
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Atomic bomb mastermind Oppenheimer became 'destroyer of worlds' upon detonation
Oppenheimer – whose life has now been turned into a Hollywood movie starring Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon and Robert Downey Jr – later claimed that, in the moments after the detonation, he recited a line from Hindu scripture in his mind: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"
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Decade of pain in store as experts say energy prices will be high for TEN YEARS
Cornwall Insight believes that a combination of high gas prices and soaring demand for electricity will keep power costs above pre-2022 levels
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Keir Starmer blasts 'asleep at wheel' Tories as he vows to save steel industry
On a visit to British Steel site in Scunthorpe, the Labour leader said a good, secure steel industry is a 'massive prize' - and it would be 'unforgivable for this Government to simply sit it out'
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'Shambolic' Tories have failed to open a single nuclear power plant in 13 years
The last Labour government approved 10 sites for new nuclear power stations in 2009, but construction has begun on only one plant that is not due to be ready until 2027