11
Nov
Posted by andrewmcd in energy, energy-policy, nuclear-power. Tagged: new uk nuclear plants, nuclear power plants, nuclear-energy, uk energy mix, uk energy policy, uk nuclear, uk nuclear plans. Leave a Comment
Last week the government announced 10 potential sites for a (fast-tracked) new generation of Nuclear Power stations (which was reffered to by Ed Milliband as ‘New Nuclear’) – these are:
Braystones, Cumbria
Kirksanton, Cumbria (UKs oldest Wind Farm to be replaced)
Bradwell, Essex
Hartlepool, County Durham
Heysham, Lancashire
Hinkley Point, Somerset
Oldbury, Gloucestershire
Sellafield, Cumbria
Sizewell, Suffolk
Wylfa, Anglesey
Obviously with a [...]
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30
Oct
Posted by andrewmcd in Go Greener, Renewable Energy, energy. Tagged: green-energy, clean-energy, johnny-ball, nuclear-power, nuclear-energy, the-herald. Leave a Comment
Continuing on from Johnny Ball championing Nuclear Power, i came across a very interesting letter in The Herald today from Kerr McGregor of the Scottish Solar Energy Group. Aside from detailing an appealing energy-mix solution, the summary paragraph addresses the Nuclear debate far more elegantly that i ever could:
As for nuclear, it is fatally flawed [...]
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