A failure to build a new fleet of nuclear power plants could make it extremely difficult and expensive to meet goals to cut carbon emissions, MPs have warned.
The Government seemed to be “crossing its fingers” that private companies would deliver reactors on time and on budget, despite delays and cost overruns in other countries, the Energy and Climate Change Committee’s chairman Tim Yeo said.
A committee report raised concerns there was no “plan B” for the energy sector if the planned series of reactors were not delivered on time, and the Government needed to develop one urgently.
But Mr Yeo also warned that any such contingency plan, which would rely on a step change in energy efficiency measures.
