“The UK has everything to gain from becoming the number one destination to invest in new nuclear. Nuclear is the cheapest low-carbon source of electricity around, so it can keep bills down and the lights on. We are on the brink of the biggest nuclear renaissance since the 1950s ... We must go forward with new nuclear. We will be a darker, less prosperous nation without it.” Charles Hendry, British Energy Minister, on 5 July (source: Financial Times)