"Bruce" wrote in message
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So why aren't the companies who are poised to start building the next
generation of nuclear power stations hard at work?

Because the figures don't add up!

Correct..
you don't spend millions on a project that needs but doesn't have government
approval.
You get approval first.
Nothing will happen until the government decides to allow some to be built.
Also remember that labour deliberately bankrupted the privatised British
Energy and nobody was going to invest while labour was in charge.