UK to Build 8 Nuclear Power Plants, Expand Offshore Oil Production in Energy Security Push

[mystery-ak]

UK to Build 8 Nuclear Power Plants, Expand Offshore Oil Production in Energy Security Push

Kurt Zindulka 7 Apr 2022

The British government will seek to construct eight nuclear power plants and expand domestic oil production in order to ensure energy security amid the global crisis.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s long-awaited energy strategy will include a major shift towards nuclear power and open up oil exploration in the North Sea in a tacit admission that so-called green energy sources will not be enough in order to secure energy security.

The government said that it wants to see a “significant acceleration of nuclear” with the aim of producing 24GW of energy from nuclear by the year 2050, or about a quarter of the nation’s projected electricity demand.

The strategy said that it will come with the creation of a new governmental body, dubbed “Great British Nuclear”, and will see an investment of a £120 million ‘Future Nuclear Enabling Fund’ launched later this month to facilitate the “safe, clean, and reliable source of power”.

The government said that it will plan to open up eight reactors this decade, saying that the accelerated pace will see the equivalent of one new reactor per year compared to the previous one per decade rate.

A new round of licensing for oil and gas projects in the North Sea is also set to be launched in the Autumn, with the government saying it is important to recognise “the importance of these fuels to the transition and to our energy security, and that producing gas in the UK has a lower carbon footprint than imported from abroad.”

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “We’re setting out bold plans to scale up and accelerate affordable, clean and secure energy made in Britain, for Britain – from new nuclear to offshore wind – in the decade ahead.

“This will reduce our dependence on power sources exposed to volatile international prices we cannot control, so we can enjoy greater energy self-sufficiency with cheaper bills.”

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https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/04/07/uk-to-build-8-nuclear-power-plants-expand-offshore-oil-production-in-energy-security-push/

[Kamaji]

Makes sense.  When is the U.S. going to start building new nuke power plants?

[Hoodat]

Maybe the UK can buy back some of the uranium Hillary sold to Russia.

[Hoodat]

Makes sense.  When is the U.S. going to start building new nuke power plants?

We're have two here under contruction in Georgia right now.  Hopefully, the first unit will go online before the end of the year.

[catfish1957]

Some western entities are showing some sanity.

Plus they may see a huge windfall with the U.S.'s iditoic policy.