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Britain’s Nuclear Renaissance Faces Mounting Cost Pressures

The United Kingdom is focused on diversifying its energy mix away from fossil fuels to boost energy security and support decarbonisation aims.

Source OilPrice AI Summary Updated May 31, 2026
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The United Kingdom is focused on diversifying its energy mix away from fossil fuels to boost energy security and support decarbonisation aims. This includes expanding its nuclear power capacity with the development of two large-scale nuclear plants - Sizewell C and Hinkley Point C, as well as developing small modular reactors (SMR). However, its nuclear ambitions have not quite gone to plan, following years of delays and rising construction costs. Sizewell C in Suffolk, eastern England, received its planning approval in 2022, was greenlit in 2025,…

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