Britain’s nuclear future? What small reactors, fusion and ‘Big Carl’ mean for net zero

By Tomas Martin, Associate Professor in Materials Physics, University of Bristol

Former UK prime minister Tony Blair recently argued nuclear power is an “essential part of the answer” to net zero. Writing in the foreword of a report by his thinktank, the Tony Blair Institute, he claimed small modular nuclear reactors, nuclear fusion and other advanced technologies can help lower the emissions of the electricity sector.

It’s worth looking at what these technologies involve, and how far off the UK is from integrating…

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