IT WAS reported on Tuesday that that Mr Miliband is to order another large-scale nuclear power station, this time at Sizewell.
Based on the experience with Hinkley Point C, the 3.2GW Sizewell C nuclear power station might come onstream by 2042. Sadly, around 40GW of ageing nuclear and gas-fired power stations are due to retire by the early 30s, so Sizewell C will be too little, too late.
SMRs (Small Modular nuclear Reactors) made by Rolls-Royce could have been operational by 2030 at a lower cost per GW, creating British jobs and possible exports.
So we must ask why Mr Miliband continues to neglect British SMRs, while increasing dependence on the likes of China.
Roger J Arthur
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