Jeremy Leggett reveals the fallacies behind the UK plan for new French reactors

Responding to the U.K. government's announcement that it will press ahead with potentially 15 new nuclear reactors at 10 sites - many if not all of which would be the French EPR - , Jeremy Leggett lists 12 compelling reasons why this is a  rash and reckless plan. (Social entrepreneur Jeremy Leggett is founder and Chairman of Solarcentury, the UK's largest solar solutions company, and SolarAid, a charity set up with Solarcentury profits. He is author of The Carbon War and Half Gone.)