"If you had asked me 20 years ago about nuclear power, I would have taken the traditional green view and said something like 'over my dead body'. To achieve decarbonisation of our power, nuclear has to be part of the answer." Lord Smith, chairman of the British Environment Agency on 7 May 2012 (source: Financial Times)
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"UK nuclear is beginning a renaissance. We need to replace the energy we now generate from nuclear with new nuclear." Mike O’Brien, UK Energy Minister speaking to the Financial Times on 17 November 2008