Finally, Amber Rudd must drop her nuclear obsession

The Ecologist
Dec 15, 2015, 11:00 am59 ptsTrending
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd's plan to deliver the UK's emissions reductions promised in COP21 rely on nuclear power as the main 'low carbon' energy source, writes Paul Flynn. But the high cost of nuclear, and the ruinous track record of current technologies, show that this path leads only to massive failure at…

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