Community Energy Plus responds to the Hinkley C announcement

On the 21st October 2013 the government announced that a new reactor will be built at Hinkley in Somerset, signalling a new generation of nuclear power plants. Community Energy Plus considers the implications for the renewable energy sector in light of the announcement. Nuclear power undoubtedly presents a dilemma for the environmentally conscious. We have to weigh up the benefits of this low or zero carbon technology with the troubling legacy of the radioactive waste it generates. Nuclear waste is …
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