Friday 15 July 2016  Lorna Sharpe, sub-editor Nuclear reactor construction falls to zero globally in 2016 It seems that nuclear power is out of fashion at the moment – perhaps partly because the Fukushima disaster dented people’s confidence in the technology, but also because nuclear plants are hugely expensive to build. On the other hand, governments around the world are committed to cutting carbon emissions, so while replacing existing fossil-fuel plants with more efficient ones may just about be acceptable, renewables are currently the only show in town when extra capacity is needed. That still leaves the question of finding … Continue reading E&T news weekly #103 – we choose our favourite engineering and technology news stories from the past week