UK-US nuclear deal: what does it mean and will it really lead to a ‘golden age’?
Starmer announced multibillion-pound link-up to build ‘mini-nukes’ likely to be signed during Trump visit
Britain is on the brink of a “golden age of nuclear”, according to Keir Starmer, who has announced a multibillion-pound US-UK partnership to build a fleet of small modular reactors (SMRs), sometimes called “mini-nukes”.
The agreement, likely to be signed during Donald Trump’s state visit this week, involves speeding up safety checks to bring new reactors online faster.
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© Photograph: Adam Limond/Rolls-Royce SMR
© Photograph: Adam Limond/Rolls-Royce SMR