• Professor of Nuclear Physics, Director of Birmingham Centre of Nuclear Education and Research, University of Birmingham
Big may be beautiful but it’s also inflexible and expensive. Andrew Parsons/PA

Small nuclear reactors may be the key to a low‑carbon future

Take a hard look at the painful process of de-carbonising the UK’s electricity supply, and it’s clear that the options on the table are not great. From the outset, changes to the system generate further…
Blue sky thinking won’t get nuclear over the line. tj blackwell

To reach emissions targets, government must invest in nuclear

There are few more important pieces of legislation under discussion in the UK than the Electricity Market Reform Bill. Though noble in its ambition to re-sculpt the energy landscape from a dependence on…

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