Is nuclear privatisation an option in energy policy? A case study of the UK

Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: A3, University of Abertay Dundee, language: English, abstract: After embarking on an agenda aimed at liberalization of the electricity

industry, the UK government was faced with the question of whether to privatise the nuclear

industry as part of the process. The purpose of this paper is to review the procedure adopted

by the government in an attempt to privatise the industry, how the privatisation program

progressed, the floatation of British Energy as the UK¿s nuclear energy company as well as

the shortcomings and problems encountered along the way in the privatisation bid. This

paper will critically analyze the Government¿s actions especially when the privatisation

program developed problems and the Government had to step in with a financial bail-out of

the industry. Finally, the current state of the UK nuclear industry will be discussed and a

short conclusion will follow at the end. [...]