Nuclear clean-up cost and timescale slashed

The predicted cost and timescale for decommissioning Britain’s nuclear power stations was today dramatically slashed, in a move which may point to a brighter future for atomic energy.

The UK Atomic Energy Authority announced that it had reduced the estimated cost of its clean-up programme by £1.5bn (€2.2bn) and brought forward the expected end-date by up to 35 years.