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A golden age of nuclear
On the day before yesterday, 15 September 2025, the British government announced a new ‘golden age of nuclear’, featuring the biggest build-out of nuclear power in generations and a ‘landmark’ US-UK partnership. To those who have been in the industry a while, it feels like Groundhog Day. Fifty years ago, the then Secretary of State…
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Optimism and ostrichism
“A cynic is what an idealist calls a realist“ BBC series “Yes, Minister”, 1982 Positivity matters. But so does realism. We struggle to combine the two. A few years ago, Stephen Sackur – presenter of HARDtalk for two decades before the BBC decided to scrap it earlier this year – interviewed the environmentalist, George Monbiot.…