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Submarine thinking: A 'lock-in' of nuclear power would be reckless for the economy and the climate

Andrew Warren, British Energy Efficiency Federation

10 January 2024 • 8 min read

The UK government is pursuing an uneconomic nuclear programme in large part so as to maintain and renew military nuclear capabilities, argues BEEF's Andrew Warren

The appointment of a new chairman to a FTSE250 company involved in nuclear arms manufacturing might normally be only of passing interest to BusinessGreen readers. But the announcement last month that Sir...

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