UK Plans “Significant” Increase in Nuclear Power

The UK’s reliance on nuclear power will increase “significantly” over the next two decades, the business secretary, John Hutton, has admitted.

Hutton says he expects a new generation of nuclear power stations to be built to supply much more of the country’s electricity than the 19 per cent the existing ones deliver.

He also said he would “pull out all the stops” to maximise the expansion of nuclear power, as an answer to climate change and Britain’s reliance on inputted gas.

“We need the maximum contribution from nuclear sources in the next 10 to 15 years,” Mr Hutton” said. Asked if the government wanted the share of electricity generated from nuclear to increase beyond 19 per cent, he replied: “That’s the ambition we should have … I’d be very disappointed if it’s not significantly above the current level.”

Has anyone told him about nuclear proliferation….

Or the fact that nuclear is NOT the answer to climate change…

Or the fact we haven’t worked out what to do with the waste yet…

Or the fact that nuclear is uneconomic..

Oh never mind…