King Report - A Useful Angle

The recent report from David King is a very timely call to arms to consider the totality of the UK's potential nuclear future. There is widespread agreement on the need to decarbonise the country's electricity supply and although there are many voices that would not agree with me (see the quotes from Doug Parr in a recent Grauniad, for instance), I cannot see how that is to be done without new nuclear capacity. As King points out, that entails good management of the fuel fuel production/storage/reprocessing system. Indeed - it's more than good management - it's actually re-engineering and refocussing that's required. I've not seen much from Chris Huhne and the massed ranks of DECC on this aspect but it is vital if we are not to stagger from one botched muddle to another. King's called for a holistic approach to new nuclear is one that HMG should not ignore.