1. The Nuclear Option Dr Robert Hawley CBE, FRSE, FREng

2. Why Nuclear?

5. Industrial Emissions of Carbon Dioxide

8. Fuel Sources for Worldwide Electricity Generation

10. Renewables - Conservation - Nuclear

12. The Present

13. World % of Nuclear Power

14. Nuclear generation in different countries

15. UK Nuclear Fleet

16. UK nuclear generating capacity

17. Problems with Nuclear Economics Disposal of Waste Safety Proliferation

18. Decommissioning in the UK

19. Queen & Calder Hall

20. Nuclear Electric Unit Costs

21. Baseload costs of Nuclear

22. Baseload costs plus Carbon

23. NUCLEAR WASTE VERY LOW LEVEL WASTE (VLLW) LOW LEVEL WASTE (LLW) INTERMEDIATE LEVEL WASTE (ILW) HIGH LEVEL WASTE (HLW)

24. High Level Waste

25. Fuel for an AP1000

26. Additional Waste Arising from AP1000

27. SAFETY

29. Advantages of Nuclear Power

30. Global overview of concerns of Energy Utilities

31. Wind v Nuclear costs

32. Sources of UK Electricity

33. Financial Times 11th August 2004

34. Blackouts

35. The UK political scene No 10 Downing Street

36. The US political scene

37. The European Union political scene

38. What does the UK need to do?

39. US opinion Financial Times 10th August 2004

40. Sizewell B, C & D

41. Conclusions

42. Recommended Government Action Inspectorate to start licensing choice of reactors for construction on existing sites. Set reasonable timetable for public enquiries which avoids indefinite delays As emissions of greenhouse gasses negligible, exempt from climate change levy Designate a site for long-term repository for nuclear waste