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Carbon waste Life form on October 24, 2007 - 5:06am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

On Financial Times Website now:

I think it will disappear behind a paywall soon

Efforts to build a new generation of nuclear power plants are under threat from staff shortages, Whitehall disputes over investment in renewables and how to deal with nuclear waste, according to leaked documents from the government department overseeing the programme.

The problems could mean “any nuclear programme would have to be put on hold from April 2008” – the government’s planned start date – according to documents seen by the Financial Times. The documents form a “script” that John Hutton, business secretary, will present to Gordon Brown.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/26dd1cc0-81a1-11dc-9b6f-0000779fd2ac.html?ncli...

Carbon -Coventry UK

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thomas deplume on October 24, 2007 - 1:39pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

The US isn't the only nation that has failed to educate its youth in the skills that will be in great demand in the future. Nice to know that the EU also suffers from globalization. It still amazes me how the things we could do in the 1960s and 70s is beyond our reach today.

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