New age nuclear

摘要

Britain's nuclear new build programme grinds on, unworried by last year's accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant. SINCE THE UK opened its first commercial nuclear power plant at Calder Hall in 1956, nuclear energy has been the cornerstone of the baseload electricity generation. At its peak in 1997 over a quarter of the UK's electricity came from nuclear power, but since that zenith its contribution has declined to today when it delivers just under a sixth of our requirements.