The government has announced the biggest nuclear programme in a generation, which includes £14.2bn to build the Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk. It has also confirmed that Rolls Royce will ...

Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

Such projects are speeding up, not slowing down in time to completion, says author of new book on nuclear power development.