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Private Consortium Plans £35 Billion UK Nuclear Programme Targeting Small Modular Reactor Rollout

A multinational investor group led by industrialist Michał Sołowow has proposed building 14 advanced boiling water reactors across three UK sites, including Oldbury in Gloucestershire, in a £35 billion programme aimed at powering around eight million homes and supplying energy for large artificial intelligence data centres, while competing with Rolls-Royce in modular reactor development.
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Microsoft Lays Off 4,800 Employees and Xbox Suffers the Hardest Blow
Deep Purple Has Released Its Best Album in Decades
Office for National Statistics Updates Historical Investment Data Review to Improve Accuracy
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Highlights Economic Gains From Digital Inclusion
Debate Intensifies Over UK Defence Strategy and Domestic Security Priorities
Report Warns Full Transport Accessibility Could Add £176 Billion to UK Economy Annually
Medicines Regulator Approves First Targeted Treatment for Advanced Merkel Cell Skin Cancer
Government Commits £22 Million to Brighton Seafront Infrastructure Renewal and Transport Safety
National Security Bill Returns to House of Commons Amid Calls to Protect Humanitarian Work
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