Sizewell C power station to be built as part of UK’s £14bn nuclear investment
by Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6XW3Z)
Ed Miliband promises to get Britain off the fossil fuel rollercoaster' with new plant expected to create 10,000 jobs
The biggest nuclear programme in a generation will get Britain off the fossil fuel rollercoaster", the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has said, announcing 14.2bn to build a new nuclear power station and a drive to build small modular reactors.
The multibillion-pound investment at Sizewell C on the Suffolk coast, which has been long expected, will create 10,000 jobs and power the equivalent of 6m homes.
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