Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Interesting Spread of Nuclear Power

With the mess of Chernobyl back in the news, the BBC website has provided this interesting map of the number of nuclear reactors at certain times in history. I hadn't realised how many reactors the UK built in the 1960s, many more than the US! Another thing is it shows France's dependency on nuclear power, I vaguely remember one of the things Sarkozy's government did first was built a dozen new reactors.

Article accessible HERE.