British nuclear – Oct 28

Nuclear problems may boost UK energy costs /

Hinkley Point power station ‘may never open again’ /

Hunterston nuclear station’s cracks ‘a threat to safety’ /

Think-tank raps Blair over nuclear policies /

UK nuclear cleanup to cost $122 billion /

What is the best solution to dispose of Britain’s nuclear waste?

Plutonium or greenhouse gases?

The tradeoffs are sobering: thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste generated each year and a greatly increased risk of nuclear weapons proliferation or diversion of nuclear material into terrorists’ hands. Developing the necessary nuclear technologies and building the additional power plants is an enormous undertaking that probably would take longer than the 50 years that experts say we have in which to come up with solutions to global warming.