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Hinkley and Sizewell will cost us £155 billion over 30 years under the CfD
TweetShareThe government is pressing ahead, in the face of growing difficulties, with its effort to build new nuclear power stations in Britain. So far, it has failed to come clean about what this will actually cost British businesses and householders. … Continue reading
Nuclear power would appear to have acquired the power to destroy logic
TweetShareSome people worry about nuclear power because they fear the risks to human health from radioactivity. Others are concerned about the morality of leaving a legacy of radioactive wastes that will be dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years. Others … Continue reading
The first of my video blogs: why the UK should not pursue nuclear
TweetShareSee below my first video blog, made in conjunction with RTCC. In two and a half minutes, I argue why the UK should not pursue nuclear as a policy option- the cost, nuclear proliferation, and waste are all prohibitive.
UK Energy Policy Will Fail If Government Persists With Nuclear Fantasies
TweetShareTony Juniper, Jonathon Porritt and Charles Secrett and I wrote a letter to the Prime Minister on 12th March warning him that his plans for another generation of nuclear reactors are ill-conceived and doomed to failure. To substantiate the broad … Continue reading
Nuclear policy: part of the Government’s omnishambles
TweetShareThe collapse of the Government’s nuclear policy is a somewhat overlooked part of its current omnishambles. In part this is because very few of the journalists writing about nuclear power know much about the subject. Most continue to assert that … Continue reading
Why Nuclear Power makes No Sense for the UK – fifth briefing
TweetShareThe fifth in a series of Briefings, written by Tony Juniper, Jonathon Porritt and Charles Secrett and me, is released today. These are being released following our letter of 12th March to the Prime Minister warning him that his plans for another generation … Continue reading
Why Nuclear Power makes No Sense for the UK – fourth briefing
TweetShareThe fourth in a series of Briefings, written by Tony Juniper, Jonathon Porritt and Charles Secrett and me, is released today. These are being released following our letter of 12th March to the Prime Minister warning him that his plans for another generation … Continue reading
Why Nuclear Power makes No Sense for the UK – third briefing
TweetShareThe third in a series of Briefings, written by Tony Juniper, Jonathon Porritt and Charles Secrett and me, is released today. They are released following our letter of 12th March to the Prime Minister warning him that his plans for another generation … Continue reading
Why Nuclear Power makes No Sense for the UK – second briefing
TweetShareI am producing a series of Briefings along with Tony Juniper, Jonathon Porritt and Charles Secrett, following our letter of 12th March to the Prime Minister warning him that his plans for another generation of nuclear reactors are ill-conceived and doomed to failure. … Continue reading
Newsnight – 29th March
TweetShareI appeared on Newsnight last night, discussing energy security along with Peter Lilley MP and Joss Garman. Click here to view the programme (interviews begin at about six and a half minutes in).