Congratulations on the wonderful insert on October 31. The success of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme is undoubted, and the fact that R200bn could be committed without corruption speaks volumes to what we can achieve with an honest government. The pictorial work in the supplement was outstanding. How sad, therefore, to see you devoting nearly half a page to an antinuclear rant by a US "expert". Angelina Galiteva is "the founder and board chair of Renewables 100 Policy Institute, a group dedicated to accelerating the global transition to 100% renewable energy," according to its website — hardly a person to whom you would turn for an unbiased assessment. There is a simple question she and others of her belief need to answer — if nuclear is so bad, why are the Chinese building so many reactors? A total of 35 are now operational, another 20 under construction, and 34 are at an advanced stage of planning. Prof Philip LloydEnergy Institute, Cape Penin...
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