You've got the North Koreans and of course the Russians have not only been developing these intermediate range missiles but hypersonic and more strategic nuclear capable missiles as well.
Greenpeace, an environmental lobby group, reckons investing in nuclear energy is an expensive, dangerous diversion from the “real solution” to climate change: a massive uptake of renewable energy.
Energy production in the UK comprised four percent oil, fifteen percent renewables, 22.5% nuclear power, twenty eight point four percent coal and thirty point one percent gas in 2014.
In a move likely to anger environmentalists, a White House advisor is expected to take part in a presentation, promoting coal, natural gas and nuclear energy.
But that doesn't necessarily mean nuclear is the long-term solution for the world because nuclear material is perhaps the most poisonous substance on earth.
The perceptions of nuclear energy of, I think, a whole generation has been shaped by high impact events, most notably the Chernobyl disaster… including myself.
Well, over one third of our electricity generation is already clean, mostly from hydro and nuclear, along with wind and solar, and clean generation is growing.