HMG has found a backhanded way to subsidise nuclear power

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 25 May 2010, 04:19

The Ecologist - 24/05/10

21st century nuclear power needs a 21st century subsidy... no blank cheques this time - just an apparently green tweak to the emissions trading system, and voila!

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Post by **clv101** » 25 May 2010, 08:51

Daft article from The Ecologist, yet again. For all of nuclear's negative aspects and there are lots, CO2 isn't one of them though. Nuclear is a relative low carbon source of energy, no higher than gas even when exclusively low grade ores are used which isn't the case today.