Hundreds Of Thousands Of Jobs In Energy Plan, Says PM

Boris Johnson yesterday said “nuclear is coming home” as a result of the Government's new energy strategy.

- Macer Hall

In a social media video to promote the plan, the Prime Minister said: “In the country that was the first to split the atom, the first truly to harness its power to light our homes and drive our factories, we will once again lead the way.

Nuclear is coming home. So instead of a new reactor every decade, we will have a new reactor every year.” And during a visit to an under-construction nuclear site, he said the energy strategy would provide “hundreds of thousands” of new jobs.

Dressed in full high-vis protective clothing, Mr Johnson toured reactors being built at the Hinkley Point C power plant in Somerset, which is not expected to start feeding into the National Grid until 2026.

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