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Essay
Nature 449, 664 (11 October 2007) | doi:10.1038/449664a; Published online 10 October 2007
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Fifty years of hopes and fears
Walt Patterson1
- Walt Patterson is associate fellow at Chatham House, London SW1Y 4LE, UK and author of Nuclear Power (Penguin), available free at http://www.waltpatterson.org. His new book is Keeping The Lights On: Towards Sustainable Electricity.
Abstract
Atomic energy was cutting edge when the Windscale fire showed the world the effects of a nuclear accident. Fifty years on, we have more innovative ways to generate electricity.
On the edge of the Lake District, scenic heart of northwestern England, lies a vast, ugly industrial scar. Part is Calder Hall.
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