LONDON, 08 April 2022, (TON): The UK’s new energy security strategy, announced “puts new nuclear build at the heart of a package of measures designed to improve energy security, provide affordable energy and deliver a net-zero energy mix that will help tackle climate change.”

Commenting on the new strategy, Sama Bilbaoy León, Director General of World Nuclear Association, said that governments across the world should be following the UK’s example and setting out policies that put nuclear as an essential and substantial component of their long term energy strategies.

The UK strategy will see the approval of up to eight new reactors by 2030, with more new build following that so that nuclear energy will be supplying 25% of the UK’s electricity needs in 2050 in a fully decarbonized generation mix.

The energy security stra-tegy also sets out plans to develop small modular reactors and advanced reactors that will have applications beyond electricity production.

Sama commented “nuclear is unique among the low-carbon energy te-chnologies in that it can provide the high temperature heat that will help de-carbonize the industry sector.”