英国政府可能于２００２年底或２００３年初发表１份表明其今后几年能源政策走向的白皮书。英国能源公司向政府提交的计划将更强调核能供应的安全性，而对新建 核电站的问题着墨不多。英国能源公司拒绝对此加以评论。在英国的１４座核电站中，除１家以外 The British government may publish a white paper indicating the direction of its energy policy in the next few years in late 2002 or early 2003. The plan submitted by the British energy company to the government will place greater emphasis on the safety of nuclear power supply, while not much inking the problems of new nuclear power plants. British Energy Company declined to comment on this. In 14 nuclear power plants in the UK, except 1