Britain will fail without coal – archive, 5 June 1956
by From our Scientific Correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#4GHC6)
5 June 1956: Investment in coal mining should be carried out on a massive scale argues the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
The OEEC has delighted Mr Aubrey Jones, the Minister of Fuel and Power, with its report on the future of fuel supplies in Europe (summarised on page 4). The main conclusion of the report is that nuclear energy is only going to make a small contribution to the increased supply of energy that will be needed in the next twenty years.
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