Growing concern about climate change and the security of
international energy supplies are boosting the case for a new
generation of nuclear power stations in the UK, the energy minister
said on Monday.

Two of the advantages of nuclear energy are that
it provides energy without producing carbon dioxide emissions and it
also lessens dependence on external energy imports, Malcolm Wicks said.

"The
challenge (of climate change) reopens the question of whether we should
have a new generation of nuclear reactors," Wicks told an oil
conference. "On the pro-nuclear side, it’s a clean form of energy. And
geopolitics would suggest that it might make sense for the UK to
home-grow more energy."

By Margaret Orgill

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