In June 2019 the UK’s 2050 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target was increased from 80% to ‘Net Zero’, following the recommendation of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). The Government is yet to publish a comprehensive plan or pathway to deliver this.
This report, compiled by the Nuclear Industry Association and industry members of the Nuclear Industry Council, sets out the potential contributions nuclear can make to our new national priorities, and the steps required to deliver them.