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Today in Focus

Can we trust nuclear power again?

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Dr Tim Gregory argues that nuclear power is safe, relatively cheap and the only realistic route to achieving net zero targets. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:08.0

Today, are we entering a new golden age for nuclear power?

0:25.0

Today in focus is supported by London Business School.

0:29.4

London Business School believes that difference drives progress.

0:33.2

That's why the school is committed to bringing together people who see the world in radically unique ways.

0:36.7

By sharing and learning from one another,

0:39.1

we can tackle problems with fresh eyes.

0:42.8

Embracing difference can empower us all to thrive and succeed

0:47.3

no matter what challenges we face in the world of business.

0:51.1

London Business School is one of the most global business schools in the world,

0:56.0

with alumni based in over 160 countries. Their growing scholarship portfolio is key in helping

1:03.7

to reduce barriers to entry and ensuring LBS attracts and welcomes the best and brightest of candidates, regardless of background or

1:13.3

circumstances. Find out how difference drives progress. Search London Business School or

1:20.8

London.edu. Most people have been agreed for ages now.

1:33.3

Burning fossil fuels is bad.

1:36.3

And anyway, they will have run out by the end of the century.

1:40.3

For maybe 20 years now, it's all been about renewables, wind turbines, solar panels, hydroelectricity, sustainable forms of energy that won't cost the planet.

1:52.0

So when Ed Miliband's Department for Energy Security in Net Zero was awarded a 16% budget increase last month, you'd be forgiven for expecting more windmills, more heat pots,

2:03.2

electric cars for all.

2:05.3

Not quite.

2:07.6

For all these reasons, the government is taking decisive steps today

2:11.9

to usher in a new golden age of nuclear for Britain.

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