£102mln UK Government backing for nuclear and hydrogen innovation

UK Government announces new funding for nuclear and hydrogen technologies.

Government invests £77mln to support nuclear fuel production and next-generation nuclear reactors in the UK.

A further £25mln funding was announced for new technologies generating hydrogen from biomass and waste.

The hydrogen and nuclear funding announced is part of the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio.

And the government also seeks views on proposals to make domestic gas boilers more efficient and hydrogen-ready from 2026.

The government has announced funding worth up to £60mln to kick start the next phase of research into a high-temperature gas reactor, a type of advanced modular reactor (AMR), which could be up and running by the early 2030s.

The funding, from the Advanced Modular Reactor R&D programme, aims to get a demonstration project of the engineering design up and running by the end of the decade. 

Also announced is up to £13mln for nuclear fuel fabricators Westinghouse in Preston.