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Uranium can be used to produce fuel for commercial nuclear power plants, research reactors or weapons depending on the level of enrichment.

It is quite difficult to get your head around the numbers involved in the mammoth project to build a new nuclear power plant.

In recent days, we have seen announcements to fund capital projects for defence, transport in the north of England and a large nuclear power station in Suffolk.

For much of the last week, the government has been leaning into the elements of its plan that it feels most comfortable selling: the long term, so-called capital spending on transport and nuclear power.

In 2024, leading nuclear scientists on a government advisory committee recommended any new nuclear power station design should include clear plans for managing waste, to avoid the "costly mistake of the past".