Agenda 2019

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/hinkley-point-reasons-not-to-be-suspicious-of-chinese-investment-a7166576.html Reasons not to be suspicious of Chinese nuclear investment A rather curious article from Ben Chu and the Independent, essentially telling the readers that there is nothing to worry about in having huge Chinese involvement in the generation of nuclear power in this country. Rather in the same way as George Osborne heaped praise and encouragement on Chinese investments in the United Kingdom up until a few weeks ago. Add caption I recently wrote that personally, I have never been enthusiastic about the Hinkley Point C development. The spiralling costs of the project, which are confidently expected to rise even more and the evidence that time-scale (which is already three years late) will extend well beyond the completion date of 2020, are in themselves sufficient grounds for abandoning the project now. Added to that, the unit p...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/28/hinkley-point-c-to-go-ahead-after-edf-board-approves-project Hinkley Point C in fresh doubt after government delays approval New Hinkley Point nuclear plant in doubt The government has delayed a final decision on the Hinkley Point power station until "the autumn at least". The announcement was made on the day that the contract with the French firm EDF, was due to be signed. Why, after all the euphoria of the past few days, has the government had this sudden attack of cold feet? Perhaps the fact that similar projects is Europe are running £billions over budget and at least 5 years behind schedule, has something to do with it. The new power station at Hinkley point was always a bad idea, with cost, project delays and questionable technology being three of the many reasons for not going ahead with the construction. Hinkley point is a bad idea and should be abandoned as soon as possible.

  http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/21/nuclear-plant_n_4134359.html?utm_hp_ref=uk Ed Davey Announces New Nuclear Plant, Paid For By China, Built By France's EDF    Hinckley Point C.   Nuclear power is not the answer to global warming, no matter what the pro nuclear lobby may try to tell us. There are numerous issues and problems associated with generation of nuclear energy not least of which is clearly demonstrated by the Fukushima disaster. (In fact Fukushima is a greater threat to mankind than global warming) As most countries are currently closing their nuclear power plants and cancelling plans for more, it seems that only we are pressing ahead with ours.   One question among many, that the pro lobby have always avoided is "What are you going to do with the waste products many of which have a half life of 1000 years?"