Re:General Fusion to build demonstration plant in UK
by jodrellblank on Thursday June 17, 2021 @07:45PM
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Between 2010 and 2019 the UK added 10GW of onshore wind generating capacity, 8.5GW of offshore wind generating capacity, roughly 13GW of solar capacity, and 0 nuclear plants.
The UK has not brought a new (commercial/public power) nuclear reactor online since the nineties, or finished building a completely new site since the eighties.
It has started building one, which is over budget and delayed and has been described as “the most expensive power station in the world”.
It has had three recent plans cancelled, four more go nowhere in years, had two developers (EON and nPower) pull out of UK nuclear, and the Scottish parliament had backed no new nuclear plants in Scotland.
If nuclear is our saviour, it’s not looking very likely that we’ll be saved.
The UK has not brought a new (commercial/public power) nuclear reactor online since the nineties, or finished building a completely new site since the eighties.
It has started building one, which is over budget and delayed and has been described as “the most expensive power station in the world”.
It has had three recent plans cancelled, four more go nowhere in years, had two developers (EON and nPower) pull out of UK nuclear, and the Scottish parliament had backed no new nuclear plants in Scotland.
If nuclear is our saviour, it’s not looking very likely that we’ll be saved.