The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has estimated that extreme “sea level events” could occur “at least once per year at many locations by 2050“.
The Sizewell C reactor, a new nuclear build, will be built near the sea on marshland and it is estimated that the land where the reactor would be built will turn into a promontory encircled by the sea. Clearly, the reactor site could be flooded.
Furthermore, it is important to consider the problem of obtaining uranium, which is currently the fuel for nuclear reactors. Uranium is not an independent source of energy for the UK, as a consequence, it has to be imported from across the world. Furthermore, living in proximity to uranium caused the miners and their families ill health and even death.
However, the government and the opposition have completely ignored all warnings; they go doggedly on, supporting the construction of the new nuclear reactor at Sizewell and considering plans to build others. But nuclear is not the answer to the UK’s energy requirements.
In addition, it is vastly expensive. As a consequence, it would be better to invest money into developing genuine sustainable energy: tidal, wind, and solar.