Seeing the light - England goes nuke

Great news from the UK Guardian:

Fifty new nuclear plants could be goal in official energy plans
Up to 50 nuclear power stations could be built under plans being looked at by the government. The remarkable figure � 10 times the number the government is openly discussing � is revealed in documents submitted to the Department of Energy and Climate Change by one of its own advisory bodies.

The documents are likely to raise questions as to what extent the government's energy policy is weighted in favour of nuclear and away from renewables such as wind turbines. It comes as Brussels begins an investigation into whether Britain is providing up to �17bn of potentially illegal public guarantees for the first nuclear power plant in a generation, Hinkley Point C in Somerset, which aims to provide 7% of the country's electricity.

In a submission to a consultation on geological waste disposal, the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management has said an upper limit of 75 gigawatts of nuclear power is "being examined" by the DECC in London.

Baby steps. No word as to the type of reactor but this is a great start and the thorium reactors can efficiently burn the waste fuel from conventional uranium reactors so waste storage is a non-issue.