NuScale joins Rolls-Royce and Bill Gates in race to build UK nuclear reactors

NuScale joins Rolls-Royce and Bill Gates in race to build UK nuclear reactors

A US nuclear developer is poised to join the race to build new reactors in the UK and has urged the government to go faster in picking a preferred technology. NuScale, based in Oregon, said it was “very active” in the UK market and that it would “engage with the activity around the government’s SMR…

Great British Energy and plans for a wind of change

Great British Energy and plans for a wind of change

As it campaigned during the general election, Labour was brimming with bold claims about how a state-owned power company could bolster the nation’s energy security and provide people with clean, cheap power. Great British Energy would help the UK to “take back control of our energy”, would provide “real energy security from foreign dictators” and…

UK steelmakers pay more for electricity than French and Germans

UK steelmakers pay more for electricity than French and Germans

The government must take action to close a significant disparity in electricity costs for British steelmakers compared with their European rivals, an industry body has warned. Steel producers in Britain are paying an average of £66 per megawatt-hour for wholesale electricity this year, while the cost in France is £43/MWh and in Germany is £50/MWh,…

Solicitante demanda a Sainsbury’s después de que un guardia de seguridad gritara: “¡Ladrón!”

Solicitante demanda a Sainsbury’s después de que un guardia de seguridad gritara: “¡Ladrón!”

Un abogado está demandando a Sainsbury’s después de que un guardia de seguridad lo acusara de ser un “ladrón” y un “ratero”. Andrew Milne, quien dirige un bufete de abogados en la City de Londres, reclama £25,000 en daños por difamación después de verse “profundamente avergonzado” por el incidente en una sucursal de la cadena…

La investigación de Afganistán sobre los asesinatos del ejército será “emotiva e incómoda”.

La investigación de Afganistán sobre los asesinatos del ejército será “emotiva e incómoda”.

La investigación sobre ejecuciones extrajudiciales por parte de miembros del SAS será un proceso “emotivo e incómodo”, reconoció el jefe del personal de defensa. La Investigación Independiente relacionada con Afganistán está examinando los asesinatos de al menos 36 personas por parte del SAS en siete ocasiones entre 2010 y 2013. Se está investigando si se…