Nuclear power: the madness of Mr Hunt – Artemis Investment Management

The UK government’s Chancellor has recently announced that nuclear power will be classed as “environmentally sustainable”; given the urgent net-zero timelines set by the IPCC, is it not madness to invest in nuclear?

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Not only is nuclear power beset with structural problems, it has been undercut by cleaner, cheaper, safer and faster technologies. Given the urgent net-zero timelines set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is it not madness to invest in nuclear?

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