New UK Nuclear Power Station Sizewell C Given Go-Ahead

A crane moves building materials into the circular reinforced concrete and steel home of a reactor at Nuclear Island 1, at Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant near Bridgwater in Somerset, England on Sept. 23, 2021. Ben Birchall/PA

The UK government has given the go-ahead to a multi-billion-pound new nuclear power station.

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said on July 20 that development consent was granted for the Sizewell C project in Suffolk, which is expected to generate enough electricity to supply 6 million homes.