Energy secretary blames predecessors for avoiding tough decisions in ’classic example of short-termism’
Chris Huhne, the new energy secretary, said : ‘What we are effectively paying for here is decades of cheap nuclear electricity.’ Photograph : Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Britain is facing a £4bn black hole in unavoidable nuclear decommissioning and waste costs, Chris Huhne, the energy and climate change secretary disclosed tonight.
The decommissioning costs over the next four years (…)