Nuclear academics open letter to Sunday Telegraph April 2013

In April 2013 a group of leading academics signed a Letter to the Editor of the Sunday Telegraph calling for the UK Government to move forward on its plans for a new generation of nuclear plants. They expressed concern that negotiations over Hinkley Point C were moving to slowly.
==The Letter==
===The Government should not delay on its nuclear power plans===
Sunday Telegraph - 21st April 2013
SIR – At the end of last month, the then Government Chief Scientific Advisor, Professor Sir John Beddington, set out a long-term vision for the critical role of nuclear energy in Britain’s future low-carbon energy mix.
The Government also published its nuclear industrial strategy, aiming to expand Britain’s contribution to its domestic nuclear programmes, enhance international business, drive innovation through research and development and develop nuclear skills.
At around the same time Ed Davey granted planning consent for Hinkley Point C, marking a significant step towards realising a new nuclear programme in Britain.
Nuclear energy brings significant public health and environmental benefits. Hinkley Point C alone will save more than 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year if replacing gas.
Building a fleet of new nuclear power stations rather than one reactor at a time will lead to considerable economies of scale and lower costs for consumers. It will also provide the reliable, secure, low-carbon energy urgently needed in this country.
However, we are becoming increasingly concerned at the apparent slow progress of negotiations between the Government and EDF Energy for Hinkley Point C, and we fear this aspiration could be undermined if a deal on the pioneer project is not resolved satisfactorily.
==Signatories==
Professor Sir David King
Former Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government
Professor Dame Sue Ion
Independent Consultant
Dr Malcolm Grimston
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, ICEPT
Imperial College
Professor Simon Biggs FREng
Professor of Particle Science & Engineering
University of Leeds
Professor Jon Billowes
Professor of Nuclear Physics
The University of Manchester
Professor Colin Boxall
The Lloyd's Register Foundation Chair in Nuclear Engineering and Decommissioning
Lancaster University
Professor David Cope
University of Cambridge
Professor Michael Fitzpatrick
Lloyd's Register Foundation Chair in Materials Fabrication and Engineering
The Open University
Professor Martin Freer
Director, Birmingham Centre for Nuclear Education and Research
University of Birmingham
Professor Chris Grovenor
Co-Director, Bristol/Oxford Nuclear Research Centre
University of Oxford
Professor Neil Hyatt
Professor of Radioactive Waste Management
The University of Sheffield
Professor Malcolm Joyce
Head of Engineering Department
Lancaster University
Professor Bill Lee FREng
Director of Centre for Nuclear Engineering
Imperial College London
Professor Francis Livens
Professor of Radiochemistry
The University of Manchester
Professor David M G Newbery
Emeritus Professor of Economics
University of Cambridge
Dr Geoff Parks
Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre
University of Cambridge
Professor Patrick H Regan
Department of Physics
University of Surrey
Professor Gerry Thomas
Chair in Molecular Pathology
Imperial College London
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