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A commenter here on Atomic Insights pointed to a couple of interesting articles published by The Economist , a well respected publication that has never been much of a fission fanzine. One of the articles, published on March 19, 2009, was titled The critical issue of safety . Here is a quote from that...

A friend sent me a link to a well-written expose of the treatment given to a card carrying UK Green Party member after his "Damascene conversion" from an opposer to a supporter of nuclear power. As he says, ...the Green case against nuclear power is based largely on myth and dogma. My tipping...

Arthur Scargill, former leaders of the UK's National Union of Mineworkers, published a commentary on August 8, 2008 on Guardian.co.uk that qualifies as one of the clearest examples of a professional coal advocate trashing nuclear power for economic reasons. Here is Mr. Scargill's view of nuclear...

According to a Saturday, January 19, 2008 article on the Belfast Telegraph web site titled Nuclear power plan for Ulster Robert Andrews, the founder of Andronics , a satellite communications and location tracking company, has stated his interest in building a new nuclear power plant in Northern Ireland...

In the midst of the debate about whether or not the UK should include new nuclear power as one of its major options in a new energy strategy designed to lessen the island nation's dependence on imported coal, oil and gas and to meet its obligations as a signatory of the Kyoto accord, the Scottish...

A new friend who has read Atomic Insights from China sent me a link to a commentary titled The generation game: Those hostile to nuclear power, like Peter Tatchell, are engaging in an unconvincing crusade from another age: the debate has moved on . Here is a quote that I really like from the commentary...

I ran across an article published on Sunday 13 January 2007 by Times Online titled I pushed Blair’s nuclear button that gives some background on high level discussions leading up to the recent decision by the UK government to include nuclear power as a significant part of its future energy mix. Here...

Freedom for Fission pointed me to a thought provoking article on the BBC web site deceptively titled Nuclear veterans vow to fight on . Normally, I have at least some sympathy for the fact that writers cannot cover every aspect of a story, but in this case, I have to challenge what the author left out...

As part of the UK government decision making process, there was a period of public commentary. The responses were gathered and cataloged and are now available as part of the public record. You can find the documents at Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: The Future of Nuclear Power...

As many of you know, the UK has been indicating for many months that it is reconsidering its previous stance that held that nuclear power was not economic and not a good option for future plants. That position has been in place since Sizewell B came on line in the mid 1990s. However, times have changed...