The Government of United Kingdom has announced to build new nuclear power stations to meet the future energy crisis.
Chris Huhne Secretary of UK state accounced to bulid new nuclear plants which will be operating between 2018 to 2025.
He also say to put up wind turbines around the coast, or install new Solar panels in homes and and invest in technology to limit polluting emissions from conventional coal-fired power stations.
The sites identified as suitable are alongside existing nuclear plants in Bradwell, Essex; Hartlepool; Heysham, Lancashire; Hinkley Point, Somerset; Oldbury, Gloucestershire; Sellafield, Cumbria; Sizewell, Suffolk; and Wylfa, Anglesey.
Existing nuclear power stations will also be allowed to extend their life until the new plants are built.The announcement comes three months after the Fukushima disaster in Japan.
The future of nuclear as a power source for countries around the world was called into question after the disaster which occurred in March when a Japanese earthquake and tsunami rocked the reactors at Fukushima, leaving radioactivity leaking from the plant.
The proposals for new UK nuclear power plants are part of a series of national policy statements on energy which have been published following a public consultation.
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