The Government signed off 10 sites for new nuclear power stations yesterday and is pushing ahead with plans to cut the cumbersome planning process for energy infrastructure down to a year. Full Article at The Independent

After years of resisting construction of new nuclear plants, the British plan underscored how nations around the world are scrambling to find ways to generate more energy while also slashing the emissions that cause climate change. Full Article at The Washington Post

Sizewell in Suffolk, where EDF hopes to build the first in a new fleet of nuclear plants, is included in the list, as are three sites in Cumbria. However, the government has ditched Dungeness in Kent due to environmental concerns. Full Article at Building