A climate change consultancy that advised the White House today warned shareholders would be left with “little or no value” as it considers its future after failing to find a solution to its balance sheet woes.

THE operators of two nuclear facilities have each been fined £2 million (€2.97m) over radioactive spillages.

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 timescale to finish decommissioning the Dounreay nuclear plant in Scotland has been brought forward by 13 years, its operator announced today.

The British government should set up a new body to manage Britain’s nuclear waste ‘‘legacy’’ as soon as possible, an influential House of Commons committee urged today.