Tragedy or comedy? The story of nuclear power in the UK

Here is the main version of the talk I’ve given about my book on the history of nuclear power in Britain. I’ve given (or will give) versions at:  China Center for Energy Economics, Xiamen University; Pangoal think tank, Beijing; Cambridge University Energy Network; Cambridge Energy Policy Research Group; Cambridge Judge Business School; the British Academy, London; the Stokesley Society at Magdalen College, Oxford; Oxford University Energy Colloqium; Platts’ European Nuclear Energy conference, London; the Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Wales; Credit-Suisse Global Energy conference, London; Energy Ireland conference, Dublin; Cambridge-MIT energy conference, Paris; British Institute of Energy Economics, London. I also gave evidence to the House of Commons Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change.