, Columnist
Britain Is Learning an Old Lesson on Nuclear Power
A history of failure on atomic energy has prompted a course correction.
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of assembling Ikea furniture, then you’ve learned something about big infrastructure projects. The first Billy bookcase is a nightmare of fumbled screws and baffling instructions. The second goes a little smoother. The third is a breeze.
This is effectively what happens with nuclear power plants. But it’s taken the UK 70-odd years to take that lesson on board.