As if there need be a choice.
Anyway, I note with some surprise that the current nuclear plants being built have had the date that they go online delayed until after the windfall tax ends.
It is also somewhat surprising that EDF couldn't find private investors to help out, back before the current delay.
As I said, there does not need to be a choice. It can be neither instead!
You know I often think that "the law of unintended consequences" should be renamed "the law of the bloody obvious".
Just possibly investors will forget and decide that they can trust the UK government. That needs to happen if claimed government intentions are to come to pass.
Roadmap sets out how UK will increase nuclear generation by up to 4 times to 24GW by 2050
The government is also today publishing 2 consultations, one on a new approach to siting future nuclear power stations and another on supporting the sector and encouraging private investment to roll out advanced nuclear projects. The proposals will attract investment in the UK nuclear sector by empowering developers to find suitable sites rather than focusing on 8 designated by government.