China is effectively doing SMR with full scale nuclear plants. The UK plan isn't entirely daft. 450MW isn't exactly small, and if you co-locate several on one site you have a new nuclear pl… (View Post)

That's because you're assuming the huge planning morass around UK nuclear serves to improve safety. It really does not do that. Rather it makes the power companies go through the same thing… (View Post)

Is it ? To me, the blackest mark against Mandelson was his relationship with Epstein (which is was forced his resignation). UKSV was apparently (according to Robbins' letter) not particularly co… (View Post)

. Not cutting corners. Cutting the red tape, which in the case of UK nuclear is absurd. There's a reason our nuclear costs 4x what it does in S Korea. (View Post)

His letter is interesting. Security vetting apparently considered Mandelson a "borderline" case, and concluded that risks could be managed. Their judgment did not relate to anything Epstein… (View Post)