Nuclear
In Nuclear
Nuclear fallout
- By Caroline Lucas
- 11 January 2008
The government’s commitment to nuclear power will undermine national and environmental security for decades
Brave new world
- By Geoffrey Goodman
- 08 November 2007
Taken from The New Statesman 17 January 1959
Britain’s first nuclear power station opened on the Cumberland coast nearly half a century ago. Soon after its arrival, Geoffrey Goodman, then a correspondent on the News Chronicle, wrote this insightful article on its social significance in the New Statesman. He shows how the new breed of graduate scientists and technocrats, and the more traditional group of manual workers, also vital to nuclear energy’s success, were coming to terms with one another.
Selected by Robert Taylor
Not the general election
- 30 October 2007
Instead of the 1 November election and in association with The Fabians we've asked a range of people their views on the direction Gordon Brown should be taking ahead of what is expected to be a 2009 poll. Look out for Clare Short, Anthony Giddens, Shami Chakrabarti and more. Then why not add your own five point plan?
Zac, are you serious?
- By Sian Berry
- 20 September 2007
On 13 September, Sian gave her reaction to the Tory Quality of Life group's report. Then we gave its co-author Zac Goldsmith, a right of reply. Here Sian answers back.
Zac responds to Sian Berry
- By Zac Goldsmith
- 19 September 2007
Last week the Green Party's Sian Berry criticised the Tory Quality of life group report. Here Zac Goldsmith, who co-chaired the group, accuses her of a Labour-style attack.
Nuclear: The risks remain
- By Rebecca Harms
- 23 July 2007
Incidents involving reactors in Germany and Japan have again demonstrated the dangers of nuclear power, writes German Green MEP Rebecca Harms
The nuclear industry's biggest challenge: PR
- By Gia Milinovich
- 02 July 2007
Nuclear energy is safe, clean and long lasting, according to its proponents. But many people associate it with nuclear disaster or war and believe it is the most dangerous thing on the planet. It is time, argues Gia Milinovich, to update its image
Strange love
- By Keith Barnham
- 15 May 2006
Why did Tony Blair learn to stop worrying and love nuclear power? Keith Barnham and David Lowry on America’s atomic allure
Also in Nuclear
Vorsprung durch technik
- By Keith Barnham
- 15 May 2006
German experience shows that nuclear is no match for wind and solar power, say Keith Barnham and Massimo Mazzer
Interview - Malcolm Wicks
- By Jonathan Leake
- 03 October 2005
The energy minister fears we are in for a hard few winters - but he'd rather not press the nuclear button just yet. Malcolm Wicks interviewed
Nuclear power: a convert
- By Mark Lynas
- 30 May 2005
Mark Lynas was sure it would be a disaster - and then he looked at the alternatives
The nuclear charm offensive
- By Jonathan Leake
- 23 May 2005
We are all being taken in by a carefully planned public relations strategy. Its mission: to push nuclear power back on the political agenda, rebranded as the new "green" alternative
