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Failure to build Sizewell C could cost the nuclear construction industry 10,000 jobs, as Unite<\/a> urges ministers to approve the go-ahead<\/h2>\n

The threat to 10,000 jobs in the nuclear construction industry if Sizewell C<\/a> does not get the go-ahead should focus the minds of ministers on the need for a coherent UK energy policy, Unite has said.<\/p>\n

Unite has put its weight behind the Sizewell C Consortium of major contractors which has warned that the failure to build the Suffolk plant could cost the nuclear construction industry as many as 10,000 specialist construction and engineering jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The warning followed a week when Hitachi pulled out of the Wylfa nuclear power plant in Wales, quickly followed by Horizon Nuclear announcing it will be ceasing its activities to develop two projects in the UK following the Hitachi decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Essential for skills transfer<\/h3>\n

Unite national officer for energy Peter McIntosh, said:\u00a0\u201cThe Sizewell C Consortium makes a strong case for ministers to get their skates on and approve the go-ahead for the new nuclear power station in Suffolk \u2013 thousands of highly skilled jobs hang in the balance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is essential that a skills bridge is created from Hinkley Point<\/a>, being constructed in Somerset, to Sizewell to ensure that the skills and the knowledge that have been acquired on the initial project can be transferred to Sizewell and are not lost to the country\u2019s skill base.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch skills will be in high demand as the economy emerges into the post-Covid-19 world.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has not been a good week for the UK\u2019s nuclear industry with Hitachi deciding to withdraw from the Anglesey project \u2013 we can\u2019t continue with this level of uncertainty afflicting a sector of which Britain was once the world leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnite repeats its call to business, energy and industrial strategy secretary Alok Sharma to bring forward the long-awaited energy White Paper which will guarantee that nuclear power is a vital part of the energy \u2018mix\u2019 in the years ahead, creating a source of \u2018clean\u2019 and reliable electricity, as well as a new generation of skilled \u2018green\u2019 employment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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