𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗻𝘂𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝘆𝗹𝗳𝗮

Meeting in Westminster

Great to catch up with Heather Bell - Office Director Energy Attaché - from the US Embassy, Energy Department.

We discussed all things nuclear - Great British Nuclear, green taxonomy for nuclear, the nuclear energy (financing) Bill - and the UK Governments plans for:

✅ at least one large-scale nuclear project to reach Final Investment Decision (FID) during this Parliament and two in the next.

✅24GW (currently about 6.5 GW) of nuclear power by 2050 and 25% of electricity (currently around 15%).

And of course I invited Heather and the US Ambassador Jane Hartley - to visit Ynys Môn and Wylfa - the best new nuclear site in the UK!

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