Nuclear power links to 'sham' energy review

Article worth bookmarking. What I found even more fascinating was this series of revelations about recent developments germane to the debate.

Since the review, nuclear power has suffered a number of set-backs. The Finnish government announced that construction of the first of a new generation of nuclear power stations in Europe, seen as an important forerunner for the UK, would be delayed by a year. During the recent heatwave nuclear reactors in mainland Europe have had to be shut down, and others allowed to release harmful hot water into rivers. The US-based Nuclear Information and Resource Service opposition group also reported uranium prices have risen 600 per cent in five years, threatening nuclear's traditional operating cost advantage.

Now, I seem to recall the shut-down thing happening last year too, so it's not a flash in the pan thing here but an issue that is clearly not going away. So much for security of supply.
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