People may remember how California backtracked on shutting down its last nuclear power plant (and Germany didn’t). It appears that the UK may have had its come to Jesus moment.
Nuclear plant closures paused amid fear of net zero blackouts
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/12/04/shutdown-of-ageing-nuclear-plants-delayed-as-net-zero-fears/
The shutdown of Britain’s ageing nuclear power stations has been delayed amid fears that Labour’s net zero drive threatens to increase the risk of electricity price shocks and shortages.
Four nuclear power stations owned by France’s EDF are to have their lives extended by up to two years…and generate about 15% of the country’s power…
EDF signalled that it also wanted to keep Sizewell B nuclear station in Suffolk operating for decades beyond its current 2035 closing date, though this will depend on a separate review.
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