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New UK nuclear plants imminent ?

It is widely expected that the UK government will announce a nuclear policy next week, which will involve engineering and building new nuclear power plants. Nuclear operators say they could have new plants running by 2017, helping Britain to meet its 2020 goals for combating climate change.
Many other countries such as the United States are also well on the way towards a new generation of nuclear power plants and some commentators are expressing concern that there may not be sufficient uranium to service all of these new reactors.
It is interesting to note that at the same time, Germany is phasing out nuclear power because of safety concerns .
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Sunday 6 January, 2008 11:02 PM

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