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Does Trident announcement mark a new Lib Dem broken promise?

Posted by louise - 18 May 2011 at 3:32pm - 6 Comments

A while back I got a letter from the Lib Dems telling me "Trident will not be renewed this parliament - not on a Liberal Democrat watch”.

This ran though my mind today as I watched Defence Secretary Liam Fox stand up in parliament to pronounce ‘thunderbirds are go’ on the next phase of building a replacement for Trident.

Article tagged as: costs, liberal democrats, MoD, nuclear, nuclear weapons, peace, submarines, trident, WMDs

The economics of nuclear power

Publication date:  2 May, 2007

Over the last two decades there has been a steep decline in orders for new nuclear reactors globally. Poor economics has been one of the driving forces behind this move away from nuclear power.

The civilian nuclear power industry has been in operation for over fifty years. During such a long period, it would be usual for technological improvements and experience to result in learning and subsequently enhancements in economic efficiency. However, the nuclear industry has not followed this pattern.

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