Jones, G. Blair backs the nuclear option to deal with power crisis. Daily Telegraph. 17/05/2006

A new generation of nuclear power stations will have to be built to meet energy needs and avoid dependence on foreign imports according to a government employee. The Government will seek to minimise opposition by placing the new reactors alongside existing nuclear sites Britain faces the prospect of being largely reliant on foreign gas imports 8 mostly from the Middle East, Africa and Russia.Britain has a dozen nuclear power stations producing around 20 per cent of the country's electricity supply. By 2020 this will have fallen to around five per cent if no new reactors are built, and by 2035 it will have disappeared altogether.