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Apollo to fund £4.5 billion Hinkley Point nuclear project

US private equity group Apollo Global will provide £4.5 billion in financing to support Britain's long-delayed Hinkley Point nuclear project, the Financial Times reported today, citing people familiar with the matter.

Business • 20 Jun

The Irish Academy of Engineering says a DECC report contains 'quite unreliable techno-economic analysis' when it comes to hydrogen power

DECC report contains 'unreliable analysis' - Engineers

The Irish Academy of Engineering has said a report commissioned by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications into the security of supply of Ireland's energy needs "should not be used to underpin any future energy policy development."

Business • 15 Nov 22

Construction at the Flamanville site in 2009

Blast at plant in France 'not a nuclear accident'

Authorities have said an explosion at a nuclear power station in northern France caused minor injuries but happened outside the plant's nuclear zone and posed no risk of contamination.

News • 09 Feb 17

Iran and six world powers - Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States - took part in the talks

Obama calls King Salman on Iran nuclear deal

President Barack Obama called Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud today to discuss the deal reached by the US and international negotiators over Iran's nuclear programme.

News • 02 Apr 15

Hinkley Point B and Hinkley Point A nuclear power stations beside the Bristol Channel in England

Nuclear plant 240km from Irish coast approved

European Union regulators have approved Britain's proposed €20bn nuclear power station in Somerset, 240km from the Irish coast.

News • 08 Oct 14

British Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech to workers in the Charge Hall at Hinkley Point B

New UK nuclear plant deal announced

French utility firm EDF and the British government have signed an agreement to build two nuclear reactors 241km from the Irish coast.

News • 21 Oct 13

The British government plans to build a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset

An Taisce opposes plans for UK nuclear power plant

An Taisce is undertaking a High Court challenge in London over a planned nuclear power plant in Somerset.

News • 02 May 13

Iran has said it wants nuclear power for electricity generation

Talks on Iranian nuclear programme end

World powers and Iran remain far apart despite two days of intensive talks over the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme, European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said after the negotiations ended today.

News • 06 Apr 13