In a letter in The Guardian, Nick Eyre, Emeritus Professor of Energy and Climate Policy at the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford, argues that 'Nuclear power is a costly distraction from building an efficient and renewable system.'
Prof Eyre says with efficient renewables, the whole world could have a western European lifestyle and still use less energy.
The published letter also includes a response from Kathleen Askew who asks what happens to hugely toxic radioactive waste.
Read the letter in full: We must count the real costs of nuclear power