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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Postits mad to hand strategic interests over to foreigners. EDF couldn't even manage to mark the SATs papers properly, would you trust johnny foreigner with our plutonium fissionables ?
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Postits mad to hand strategic interests over to foreigners. EDF couldn't even manage to mark the SATs papers properly, would you trust johnny foreigner with our plutonium fissionables ?
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its mad to hand strategic interests over to foreigners. EDF couldn't even manage to mark the SATs papers properly, would you trust johnny foreigner with our plutonium fissionables ?
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Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostMaybe we'd have had a few more options if Maggie hadn't closed all the coal mines and spent the north sea oil cash (including her windfall tax) on dole and QUANGOs. The only reason she never managed to sell off the nuclear industry was that there is no way to make a quick buck out of it so her spiv mates were not interested. Looks like that's still true.
The country was in a great financial position until brown/blair came along.
If only Maggie would stand for PM again...
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Maybe we'd have had a few more options if Maggie hadn't closed all the coal mines and spent the north sea oil cash (including her windfall tax) on dole and QUANGOs. The only reason she never managed to sell off the nuclear industry was that there is no way to make a quick buck out of it so her spiv mates were not interested. Looks like that's still true.
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Originally posted by ace00 View PostNot much choice since selling our Nuclear industry (Westinghouse? I forget) to Toshiba, calamitous state of science / engineering education & general crapulence of government.
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Hmm, I was hoping for work out of this as well. Back to the drawing board :-(
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostUK nuclear energy deal collapses. Do you think the French government should help us run our old and build our new nuclear reactors?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7536479.stm
So they have a fair bit of experience in nuclear and the sale of our old reactors would help fill the chancellors coffers, but is it a good idea to let France do our nuclear for us? We can concentrate on being a nation of shop-keepers.
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UK nuclear energy deal collapses
12Yes, so I can to concentrate on being a shop-keeper16.67%2No, if anyone blows us up it should be us33.33%4AndyW already glows in the dark50.00%6UK nuclear energy deal collapses. Do you think the French government should help us run our old and build our new nuclear reactors?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7536479.stm
A bit of background:
We have 19 nuclear reactors many of which which will need decommission/replacing over the next decade. EDF, 85% owned by the French government, is interested in buying British energy and its 8 reactors. EDF also want to be 'a major actor in the nuclear rebirth in Britain'. But the deal has had a recent setback, see link. The French arguably lead the world in nuclear reactor use (but probably in old designs) and I believe also have access to a fair amount of nuclear fuel from former colonies. France has 58 nuclear reactors from which it generates most of its electricity (I forget the percentage, but its high) while we generate 19% through nuclear and import about 3% of France's mostly nuclear generated electricity. So they have a fair bit of experience in nuclear and the sale of our old reactors would help fill the chancellors coffers, but is it a good idea to let France do our nuclear for us? We can concentrate on being a nation of shop-keepers.Last edited by TimberWolf; 1 August 2008, 11:57.
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