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Nuclear Power’s Renaissance Is Losing Momentum in Britain

Government offers few details on how it might back reactors
EDF needs support for its $26 billion Sizewell atomic plant

Electricite de France SA's (EDF) Hinkley Point B nuclear power station near Bridgwater, U.K. in 2013.Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

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By Rachel Morison

November 20, 2020 at 5:00 AM UTC

Updated on

November 20, 2020 at 11:53 AM UTC

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Britain’s ambition to renew its aging fleet of nuclear power plants is losing momentum after the government offered few new details on how it will support additional projects.