Nuclear must be a part of the UK’s low carbon energy mix because renewable sources cannot provide power 24/7
"Nuclear power remains, prospectively, one of the cheapest low-carbon technologies and can play an important role as part of a cost-effective portfolio of technologies to decarbonise the power sector." As the Chief Executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, this is something youd expect me to say, but this is the viewpoint of the Committee on Climate Change in its progress report to Parliament earlier this month.
Recently, Tom Burke wrote on these pages of the "costly gamble" of investing in new nuclear because of rising renewable energy output. Im afraid that the "costly gamble" will be not investing in new nuclear plants. Im not arguing against renewables, but it isnt the answer alone.