【英国《路透社应用原子》1980年1月2日报道】英能源大臣戴维·豪厄尔,去年底在英下院发表声明,谈英国的核计划及其核工业。安全的核动力和强大的核工业对英国的能源政策是十分重要的。根据目前的预计,假如核动力不提供相当的电力而要满足国家长期能源的需求,将是很困难的。英国的核动力计划过去十年在走下坡路。近两年对核工 [British “Reuters Applied Atomics” reported on January 2, 1980] British energy minister David Howell issued a statement at the British Lower House late last year to discuss Britain’s nuclear program and its nuclear industry. Safe nuclear power and a strong nuclear industry are very important to British energy policy. According to current expectations, it will be very difficult if nuclear power does not provide equivalent electricity but meets the long-term energy demand of the country. Britain’s nuclear power programme has been declining for the past decade. Nearly two years for nuclear workers