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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Alex Lawson

HISTORICAL FACTS: Grant shapps earmarks 20bn for new fleet of nuclear reactors in uk - Caught on Camera

Hinkley Point C being built
Grant Shapps condemned the neglect of the British nuclear industry by successive UK governments but Labour says that after 13 years of Tory rule, not one of the 10 nuclear sites approved by the last Labour government have been built. Photograph: EDF/CGN/Hinkley Point C/PA

Grant Shapps has condemned the neglect of Britain’s nuclear industry as a “colossal mistake” as he earmarked £20bn for a fleet of new reactors – but admitted it would take six years to even make a decision on giving projects the green light.

The government formally launched Great British Nuclear (GBN), an independent body designed to aid the delivery of new projects, on Tuesday.

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