The manufacture of mixed oxide (MOX) nuclear fuel at Sellafield is to stop "at the earliest practical opportunity" to reduce the financial risks to British taxpayers from events in Japan.

A round of applications, permissions and orders has launched the UK's first new nuclear build project into a practical phase.

The UK government has unveiled a set of reforms to its liberalised energy market that should encourage strong investment in all forms of low-carbon power.

This year's annual public opinion survey from the UK Nuclear Industry Association reveals the highest level of public support for nuclear power in over a decade.

British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL) is to be finally abolished, said the UK government as it carried out a major cull of public bodies. The nuclear giant, formed in 1971, has been systematically dismantled since 2002.