Today there are 441 nuclear power plants in operation in 30 countries producing zero carbon electricity, reliably, safely and at acceptable cost. A further 51 reactors are currently under construction around the world.
France , the world’s second biggest nuclear electricity provider, with capacity to meet 70 per cent of demand, has sufficient confidence in nuclear power to have recently announced plans to build 14 reactors to add to their present 56. They have also announced a 4 per cent electricity price cap for this year compared with 54 per cent in the UK.Ministers in Holyrood have decided that engineers and scientists, worldwide, are all misguided, and will therefore prevent any nuclear power plant construction in Scotland.Is this another example of ministers with no relevant knowledge or experience letting Scotland down or is it perhaps another opportunity to disagree with Westminster?
W B Campbell, Edinburgh
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