UK will have to gamble with nuclear safety to provide power, analyst warns
Source: Guardian
Britain may have to stretch safety limits on nuclear power stations to keep the lights on, warned a leading energy analyst on Wednesday.
Dorian Lucas, a nuclear specialist at energy consultancy, Inenco, made his comments after it was revealed that power group, EDF, had won permission to change the rules for its Dungeness B station.
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The atomic power station in Kent has come to an agreement with the Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR) that it can have the margin increased on the shrinkage of the graphite bricks inside the reactor from 6.2% to 8%.
The bricks are losing weight due to decades of radiation but a spokeswoman for EDF said the new limit was only a "teeny little step" that was well within the most conservative safety case.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/04/uk-may-need-to-gamble-with-nuclear-safety-to-avoid-blackouts
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or you'll freeze to death in the dark, but don't worry. Everything's under control, perfectly safe. We'd let you freeze to death in the dark if it wasn't, and we'd never do that, so don't worry. Trust us. 
