Thursday, February 22, 2007

Nuclear Power

I would build a new generation of efficient nuclear power stations, with the long term aspiration of ending dependence of fossil fuels. I would also make the UK world leaders on nuclear waste reprocessing.

1 comment:

bgprior said...

How, in the absence of the CEGB? The government doesn't build power stations any more, thank God.

Should you do any more than ensure rational incentives, within the planning system (i.e. incentives in the public-choice-theory sense, which are currently skewed towards refusal) and the market, including a rational mechanism for internalising diffuse environmental externalities (e.g. carbon)? Should the government give an extra leg-up to nuclear?