The government isn't quite ready to drop its obsession with nuclear | Nils Pratley

Greg Clark knows nuclear cannot compete with the likes of wind and solar – but he is not giving upThere was excellent news within Hitachi’s decision to shelve its plan to build a £16bn nuclear plant at Wylfa in Anglesey. Finally, a government minister may have grasped the basic problem with nuclear power. It is being “out-competed” by alternative technologies, especially wind and solar, the business secretary, Greg Clark, had to concede in the Commons. Exactly. So d