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Why we should oppose nuclear power
Boris Johnson just recites ad nauseam the common myth that the renewables will be unable to supply all our electricity needs, writes Dr Ian Fairlie
Hinckley Point C. The carbon footprint from nuclear’s fuel chain — including uranium mining, milling, U-235 enrichment, fuel fabrication, irradiation, radioactive-waste conditioning, storage, packaging and final disposal — is astronomical

ON WEDNESDAY, Boris Johnson announced £525 million support for new nuclear power. 

In the coming weeks, he is expected to approve a major new nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk.

This government seems to have an unwavering commitment to making the wrong calls, and more support for nuclear power is now the next item on the long list of its failures. 

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