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Sizewell C: Govt commits £14.2bn to new nuclear energy station

By Editorial Board Published June 10, 2025 5 Min Read
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Sizewell C: Govt commits £14.2bn to new nuclear energy station

Fifteen years after the Sizewell C nuclear energy station was proposed, the federal government will announce a £14.2bn dedication to the Suffolk website.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is ready to substantiate the funding on the GMB union convention forward of the spending overview on Wednesday, which can set departmental budgets till 2029.

Power Secretary Ed Miliband will name it a “golden age” of nuclear to spice up the UK’s vitality safety.

The funding will go in direction of creating 10,000 jobs, the federal government will say, together with 1,500 apprenticeships, and can help 1000’s extra jobs throughout the UK.

On Monday, it was revealed Britain’s nuclear energy sector grew by 1 / 4 in 2024 to £20bn in contrast with three years in the past, underpinned by a document workforce which has elevated by a 3rd, in response to analysis by the Nuclear Energy Affiliation.

About 87,000 individuals now work within the trade, with the rise largely pushed by new nuclear energy tasks at Sizewell C and Hinkley Level C in Somerset.

Sizewell C was initially proposed by French vitality firm EDF and China Basic Nuclear Energy Group, however in 2022 the Conservative authorities purchased the Chinese language firm out and the state now owns 83.5% of the undertaking with EDF.

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Hinkley Level C, seen right here in 2020, is one other nuclear energy plant underneath building. Pic: PA

The inexperienced mild for building to start was given in January 2024 underneath the Conservative authorities, and ultimately autumn’s price range, Ms Reeves introduced a £2.7bn dedication to Sizewell C and stated a remaining dedication can be introduced within the 2025 spending overview.

Building is anticipated to take between 9 and 12 years and when it’s full, it can present round six million houses with nuclear vitality.

A complete of £330m of contracts have been signed with native firms, with 70% of all contracts anticipated to go to three,500 British suppliers.

Ms Reeves stated: “Today we are once again investing in Britain’s renewal, with the biggest nuclear building programme in a generation. This landmark decision is our Plan for Change in action.

“We’re creating 1000’s of jobs, kickstarting financial development and placing more cash in individuals’s pockets.”

HS2 over again?

Marketing campaign group Cease Sizewell C known as it “HS2 mark 2” after the high-speed prepare line that has confronted excessive prices, delays and elements of it being axed.

They questioned how a lot cash the federal government will finally spend money on the nuclear energy station as they stated no info has been supplied concerning the anticipated whole prices.

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Alison Downes, from Cease Sizewell C, stated: “Where is the benefit for voters in ploughing more money into Sizewell C that could be spent on other priorities, and when the project will add to consumer bills and is guaranteed to be late and overspent just like Hinkley C?

“Ministers have nonetheless not come clear about Sizewell C’s price and, given negotiations with personal traders are incomplete, they’ve signed away all leverage and shall be compelled to supply beneficiant offers that undermine worth for cash. Starmer and Reeves have simply signed as much as HS2 mark 2.”

Or important step in direction of home clear vitality?

However the funding was known as a “vital step toward delivering the secure, domestic clean energy” the UK wants by “pro-growth” marketing campaign group Britain Remade.

Sam Richards, CEO of the Conservative thinktank, added: “The government must go much further.”

He known as for much less crimson tape to hurry up the planning course of and to point out a “real commitment” to constructing nuclear energy stations.

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