Nuclear lethargy

For all the worry about the future of energy supply – from running out of oil and gas to global warming – you might think that the UK government would be more enthusiastic about building a new generation of nuclear power stations. Yet while sporadic sounds of enthusiasm emerge from Blair and his advisors, official policy remains firmly agnostic.

There is certainly a public case to be made for nuclear power, which might start with some basic facts.  79 per cent of people believe that renewable energy such as wind and wave could replace imports of oil and gas. Only 18 per cent believe that nuclear power could play that role. But at current rates of growth it would take three decades for renewables to replace the present contribution of nuclear, let alone the contribution of gas.

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