{"id":2038,"date":"2006-04-15T23:26:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-15T23:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2006\/04\/15\/news-on-nukes-from-the-uk\/"},"modified":"2006-04-15T23:26:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-15T23:26:00","slug":"news-on-nukes-from-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/news-on-nukes-from-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"News on Nukes from the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a> The authors say that in order to tackle rising emissions, the government will need to transform the remaining 92 per cent or so of the energy market. …<\/p>\n The report authors say that if Government decided to take the nuclear route there could be an undermining of liberalisation and privatisation within the overall energy industry, and any development of non-nuclear – such as renewables – could be prejudiced.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n There’s a podcast<\/a> of the two professors speaking about their findings at the University of Warwick’s website<\/p>\n So, if we look at these together, we see claims that nuclear power increases security risks and decreases the function of the free market in the energy sector (which undermines nuke supporters’ claims that will only be “a part of the mix”). All of this at incredibly high prices and long lead times. Tell me again: what makes nuclear power a preferable option to renewables?<\/p>\n Categories: energy<\/a>, nuclear<\/a>, renewable<\/a>, security<\/a>, markets<\/a>, UK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I saw a couple of interesting items today on the continuing debate over building more nuclear reactors in Great Britain. As you likely know, Prime Minister Tony Blair supports renewed [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":17081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
I saw a couple of interesting items today on the continuing debate over building more nuclear reactors in Great Britain. As you likely know, Prime Minister Tony Blair supports renewed nuclear energy development. Opponents, though, are challenging such a move, and basing their opposition on a range of issues.<\/p>\n\n
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