Monday February 2 2015  Lorna Sharpe, sub-editor Green light for nuclear technology New nuclear power plants have come a step closer in Britain, as the Hitachi-GE UK ABWR has successfully come through the Regulatory Justification process. Horizon Nuclear Power says this is an important stage designed to ensure that the benefits to society of the technology outweigh any potential radiological health detriments.    Dominic Lenton, managing editor ‘Fracking village’ goes solar Balcome in West Sussex hit the headlines in summer 2013 as the centre of anti-fracking protests. A case of NIMBYism? Not according to the group of residents who have … Continue reading E&T news weekly 35 – we choose our favourite engineering and technology news stories from the week