NUCLEAR IS COMING

Stories about the U.K. and Asia reveal that there is no alternative to nuclear energy in the short term. France is already getting a significant portion of its electricity from nuclear power and many other countries are going that same way:

Britain Aims for Nuclear, But Greens Query Funding

LONDON - Britain is in a nuclear bind, environmentalists say, with the government keen to promote atomic energy but hard pressed to find funding after it said it will not use public money...

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Asia going nuclear amid rising oil prices, concerns over global warming

Written by MICHAEL CASEY

ULSAN, South Korea (AP) _ Led by fast-growing China and India, Asia is going nuclear in a big way to feed its ravenous appetite for energy.

The strains of economic growth are already showing. Energy shortages have forced Chinese factories to scale back production, and farmers in India often have power for only half the day. Both countries say their future growth is at risk unless they diversify their energy mix...

There are no new proposals about what to do with the nuclear waste but this generation of nuclear power is said to produce only 10% as much waste.