An end to uncertainty?

The United Kingdom government has announced a review of its nuclear programme. This will include the building of new nuclear plant and the management of wastes. The review should cover the next twenty years by which the British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) will need new contracts to supply reprocessed fuel and new plants will be needed to replace those at the end of their lifetime. The government does not seem interested in an energy policy and has discouraged Nuclear Electric from attempting to be privatised. Nuclear Electric claims there is interest from both the city and from Electricite de France to invest in the future of nuclear power provided the problems of waste and decommissioning liabilities can be overcome. (UK)