Nuclear Power Puts Gordon in a Devil of a Fix ; Analysis
Evening Standard - London › October 02, 2008
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IF THE Devil's greatest trick was to convince the world he didn't exist, then Gordon Brown is close to pulling a similar stunt on nuclear energy. The Prime Minister has presented as a fait accompli and persuaded much of the commentariat of whom New Labour is so wary that a new fleet of atomic reactors is inevitable, a done deal and that the age of nuclear new build is upon us.
When Brown announced new nuclear would be Britain's solution to the energy crisis caused by soaring global fuel prices, the response was not one of surprise: neither that new nuclear is at the top of the energy agenda nor that he is going beyond simple replacement of the current fleet that generates nearly a fifth of the nation's electricity.See the full content of this document
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Nuclear Power Puts Gordon in a Devil of a Fix ; Analysis
But if Brown thinks the country has forgotten why it was once so freaked out by Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, the backlash is about to be unleashed.
From rowdy Greenpeace demonstrations, to earnest call...See the full content of this document
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