Prime Minister's strategic steer to the nuclear sector following the 2025 Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce's Review

Posted: 4th December 2025

The UK is a nation with a proud history in sovereign nuclear technology. The Civil and Defence nuclear sectors are investing heavily in capabilities and infrastructure to deliver the ambition of the Industrial Strategy for a Nuclear Nation.  Nuclear technology is vital to our country’s economic growth, energy security, and national defence. It delivers reliable, low-carbon electricity and supports our nuclear deterrent. It provides an extraordinary industrial opportunity, where UK innovators and companies lead the world.

We are building on this legacy with clear commitments on the future of our nuclear deterrent, our submarine programmes, Sizewell C and the SMR programme. Coupled with the export potential, there is an enormous opportunity if the UK can seize it. …

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prime-ministers-strategic-steer-to-the-nuclear-sector/prime-ministers-strategic-steer-to-the-nuclear-sector-following-the-2025-nuclear-regulatory-taskforces-review

Le Figaró – 21 Decembre 2020 – Nucléaire : « Pour Emmanuel Macron, c’est la filière militaire qui prime »

Le 8 décembre au Creusot, Emmanuel Macron a donné sa vision de l’avenir de la filière nucléaire française. Dans sa chronique, Jean-Michel Bezat, journaliste au « Monde », analyse les positions exprimées par le chef de l’Etat.

… “Sans nucléaire civil, pas de nucléaire militaire, sans nucléaire militaire, pas de nucléaire civil », qu’il s’agisse de la recherche ou de la production. …

Translation in into English:

Le Figaró – 21 Decembre 2020 – Nuclear: « For Emmanuel Macron, the military sector takes precedence »

On December 8 in Le Creusot, Emmanuel Macron outlined his vision for the future of the French nuclear industry. In his column, Jean-Michel Bezat, a journalist at Le Monde, analyzes the positions expressed by the head of state.

… “Without civilian nuclear power, there is no military nuclear power; without military nuclear power, there is no civilian nuclear power,” whether in research or production. …

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