Government gives go-ahead for Sizewell C nuclear power station - The Times


7/20/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Oliver Wright, Emily Gosden

Ministers today overruled government planning inspectors and gave the go-ahead to the £20 billion Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk.Kwasi Kwarteng said that the “very substantial and urgent need” to build the plant outweighed the environmental “harms”…

The proposed Sizewell C nuclear plant has moved closer to being built after the government overruled planning officials to grant consent for the £20 billion-plus project. The independent planning in… [+641 chars]

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