The UK government has announced a significant investment in nuclear energy, marking a strategic move to diminish Russia's dominance in the advanced nuclear fuel market. Britain will build Europe's first facility to produce high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) at the Capenhurst site, with a funding of £196 million allocated to Urenco for this purpose. This initiative is part of the UK's broader strategy to become a major producer of advanced nuclear fuel, aiming to reduce dependency on Russian energy supplies and drive down global energy costs. Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho highlighted that this project is among the largest nuclear expansions in the country in 70 years, which will also include the development of two new large-scale nuclear power plants and a £600 million investment in fusion research, expected to create hundreds of jobs.
Two new large-scale nuclear power plants. £600m to fund groundbreaking research into fusion. Becoming the only European nation other than Russia to create the advanced fuel of the future. All part of the LARGEST expansion of nuclear power in 70 years. https://t.co/O6VUSLJdFU
NEW FACILITY: The UK will be the first European country to produce advanced nuclear fuel – a market currently dominated by Russia – after Urenco was awarded £196 million by the government to build Europe's first high-tech nuclear fuel production facility at its Capenhurst site in… https://t.co/tlXUwlHmIp
🇬🇧 Britain will the the first European country to develop and produce advanced nuclear fuel. 📈 This will also create hundreds of jobs and help create reliable, affordable energy. ☢️ I will always support new, domestic nuclear, and I warmly welcome this news. https://t.co/xo6EFSvWxf
The UK announces a significant funding package to build a high tech nuclear fuel facility. Read more about it here. https://t.co/EErQtXoTDU #Energy | #Tech | #News
UK invests in nuclear fuel tech https://t.co/hu8PgG9lB3
We will be the first European nation to produce advanced nuclear fuel - a market currently dominated by Russia – to help fuel nuclear power plants at home and abroad. We will push Putin out of the global energy market and drive down energy bills. https://t.co/9T1Gpg4ZNE
"Britain is investing almost 200 million pounds to build Europe’s first facility to produce high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU), a fuel it says will be needed to power the next generation of nuclear energy projects, the government said on Wednesday" https://t.co/6MbpS2qDJo
🇬🇧☢️UK Seeks to Dent Russia’s Monopoly of Uranium-Fuel Market The UK stepped up efforts to break Russia’s monopoly over a uranium-fuel market that’s expected to play a key role in a powering a new generation of small, factory-built reactors. The Kremlin’s nuclear giant Rosatom… https://t.co/OwJG3Th9fJ
Plans for UK-first advanced nuclear fuel facility https://t.co/ItAJZpAjGs
‘I set out the largest expansion of nuclear energy in 70 years.’ Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Claire Coutinho, explains that the UK will be the first European nation to produce advanced nuclear fuel. https://t.co/AeDN9nghkM
🇬🇧 BRITAIN ANNOUNCES EUROPE'S FIRST NEXT-GENERATION NUCLEAR FACILITY According to the British government, high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU), a fuel needed to power the next generation of nuclear projects, will be produced there first thanks to their upcoming $250M… https://t.co/usyHiefHl6
We must never again be beholden to Putin for our energy needs. That’s why the UK will become the world’s first European producer of advanced nuclear fuel outside of Russia. Our £196m funding for @urencoglobal is part of plans for the largest nuclear expansion in 70 years. https://t.co/MmRVFmnQ4v
The UK has become the first country in Europe to invest in the next generation of nuclear fuel 🌐 Energy Secretary @ClaireCoutinho MP is in the studio to discuss the government's investment. https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/KxH0ZbzIgw
The UK stepped up efforts to break Russia's monopoly over a uranium-fuel market 🇬🇧☢️ 🇷🇺 Rosatom is the only supplier of high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) 💰UK will provide £196 million to Urenco so it can build a Haleu production facility https://t.co/blEOFan6d3
Britain to build Europe’s first next generation nuclear fuel facility https://t.co/W4fTGdQnuO https://t.co/0SHxvmSir9