The end is nigh: last rites for Hinkley C

The Ecologist
Mar 10, 2015, 3:25 pm10 pts
The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant never made sense, writes Jonathon Porritt, but as legal challenges gather, finance fails to materialize, the cost of renewable energy keeps on falling, and the 'dead duck' EPR design is prepared for burial, even the most earnest nuclear fans are turning against the doomed…

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