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UK government ministersÌýare "wrangling over how to support" new nuclear power plant projects, with some senior members of theÌýTreasury "hostile" to direct state subsidy, according to the Financial Times. Philip Hammond, chancellor of the exchequer, and Greg Clark, business secretary, have both taken part in talks over support for new plants in Anglesey and in Cumbria, the British newspaper says, citing unnamed sources.

The 2008 EU Amendment Act is not a justifiable legal basis for the UK government's belief that Brexit must also mean an exit from Euratom, write Jonathan Leech and Rupert Cowen.

The UK government has outlined its position regarding the European Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Community (Euratom) in the white paper on Brexit it published yesterday. In the UK, a white paper is a report giving information or proposals on an issue.

Corporate and political challenges facing the UK's nuclear industry must not be allowed to derail new build projects, the GMB trade union said today. The government must step in, GMB said,Ìýto ensure NuGeneration's project to build a nuclear power plant at Moorside in West Cumbria remains on trackÌýdespite the financial difficulties faced by its majority owner.

The nuclear energy industry must demonstrate improved gender diversity to ensure it has the best talent to meet the challenges it faces, speakers at the Women in Nuclear UK conference in London said today.

The UK will seek an alternative agreement with the International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency if it fails to negotiate "some sort of relationship" with the European Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß CommunityÌýduring Brexit negotiations, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis told the House of Commons today. The government is from today holding a debate in the lower house of the British parliament on the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) bill that it unveiled last week.

Experimental and theoretical research has shown 'spherical' tokamaks to be a "fast route to fusion" compared with more "conventional" tokamak devices such as Joint European Torus, according to David Kingham, chief executive of Tokamak ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß.

The UK intends to leave the European Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Community, according to explanatory notes to a bill the government published yesterday authorising Brexit. The notes state the bill empowers the prime minister to leave both the European Union and Euratom.

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee is inviting contributions to its new inquiry into priorities for nuclear research and technologies. In 2011 the Committee investigated whether the UK's research and development capabilities were sufficient to meet the country's nuclear energy needs in the future, ensuring a safe and secure supply of nuclear energy up to 2050.

The UK government has highlighted the role of nuclear power among its responses to a report by the ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß and Climate Change Committee. The parliamentary committee published its Third Report of Session 2016–17, The energy revolution and future challenges for UK energy and climate change policy, last October.

As the UK government moves towards the formal process to exit the EU, Jonathan Leech and Rupert Cowen consider the implications of Brexit for the nation's membership of the European Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Community (Euratom).

Horizon Nuclear Power - the UK subsidiary of Japan's Hitachi - and NuGenerationÌý- the UK joint venture between Japan's Toshiba and France's EngieÌý- have joined government officials, trade associations, and wider stakeholders during a trade mission to Tokyo this week.