By 2030 grid scale battery storage will be cheaper than hydro, and in another 5 grid-scale hydrogen storage. About 10-15 years before the first of the new nuclear power stations could come on line.
Nuclear is dead. The stations should have been builts 20 years but it is too late now. An entirely green renewable energy future will happen far quicer and far cheaper.
Nuclear is absolutely the last thing we need right now. It doesn't solve any problem with the energy crisis, will just burn through billions and billions before the projects are scrapped as renewable energy will be literally 100x cheaper than nuclear.
If the government wsnted tp they could help fast track massive wind generation and battery storage to be in place by next winter.