NOT since the year 313 when the Roman Emperor Constantine got religion and
baptised his army by marching them through a river has there been such a
conversion. Left-wing MPs, once resolutely against civil nuclear power, are now
facing up to reality and showing some sympathy for British Energy’s “Replace
nuclear with nuclear” campaign.
For example, says British Energy’s action document, a new nuclear power
station could be built on the Ayrshire coast adjacent to the existing Hunterston
nuclear installation on land already owned by British Energy. The objective
would be to build the new station when the older Hunterston…
