mo4ch:>Nuclear industry says UK climate goal at risk

Nuclear industry says UK climate goal at riskBy Dominic O'ConnellToday Programme Business Correspondent 5 March 2020 Related TopicsClimate change Image copyrightConstruction Photography/AvalonImage captionThe government may ditch a plan to pay for new nuclear stations through a levy on energy billsBritain will miss its goal of net zero carbon by 2050 unless it finds a way to finance nuclear power stations, the nuclear industry has said.The industry sent a confidential letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak which has been seen by the BBC.The letter was prompted by fears that the government will use next week's Budget to ditch a plan to pay for new plants through a levy on energy bills.The scheme would have added an estimated £6 a year to energy bills.It was put forward by the Treasury last year as a way of paying for a planned new power station at Sizewell in Suffolk. All but one of Britain's existing nuclear power plants, which provide about 20% of UK electricity, will be retired by…