The Case for Nuclear Electricity UK
Apart from Hinkley ‘C’ in Somerset currently under construction, most of the nuclear electricity working stations are to imminently close. Wylfa in Anglesey and Sizewell ‘C’ in Suffolk are, as yet, a minimum of twenty years away with no contracts in place and no costs of decommissioning their ‘A’ and ‘B’ stations.
NB 1. The real and true cost of nuclear electricity is three times that of tidal power with half the comparable production (Hinkley ‘C’ -v- Severn Causeway) and as yet There is no current detail of Nuclear waste disposal sites, with consent, let alone any information of the costs that will be involved, and the timespan of the consents.
NB 2. There is no democratic consent from the population of the UK for Nuclear power (referendum request?).
Hinkley ‘C’ current build will cost in excess of £45 billion only producing 3.2 megawatts. Hinkley ‘A’ and ‘B’ are being decommissioned at unknown £Billions a bill most likely to be paid by the British taxpayer.
NB 3. The Severn Causeway would create massive Regional Development around the 174,000 acre Lake from Cardiff to Somerset, while Hinkley ‘C’ will be a danger zone from Porthcawl, Bridgend, Cardiff, Newport, Bristol, Clevedon, Burnham and Minehead for a minimum of sixty years with the odds of an accident in that time being substantial (if it ever runs)…
NB 4. There is no appetite for further nuclear sites in the UK, so Nuclear at scale could not deliver. Mini-Rolls Royce stations will face N.I.M.B.Ys and Twitchers amass. Application costs alone negate any returns.
The Severn Lake ™
July 2026
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