What a difference a week makes in politics. Suddenly it seems conceivable that even pro-nuclear Britain might muster the courage to join the band of countries moving towards renewables. In the years since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, the British public has been softened up to accept the arguments for nuclear newbuild.
The coalition government has given provisional approval to plans for at least tennuclear reactors, costing about £50bn ($80bn) each, as part of its pledge to cut carbon emissions by 80% in coming decades.
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