Can we afford to go nuclear?

The official body charged with the clean up of Britain’s nuclear sites today revealed that the estimated costs for dealing with the country’s radioactive legacy has soared again. The Nuclear Decomissioning Authority (NDA) now says that there could be an additional

.. Friends of the Earth recently published energy scenarios that can deliver up to 70% carbon dioxide emissions reductions from the electricity sector and without recourse to new nuclear power. We have the cutting edge technological base to do this, we have the entrepreneurs and companies and we have outstanding opportunities because of our islands are so rich in renewable energy sources. The investment resources needed to get this moving, however, have until now been largely sucked up by the outdated nuclear industry.

Guardian