If tide, wind and wave power are all developed, Britain would be able to close gas, coal and nuclear power plants and export renewable power to other parts of Europe.

如果潮汐能、风能和波浪能都得到发展，英国就可以关闭天然气、煤炭和核能发电厂，并向欧洲其他地区出口可再生能源。

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At the dawn of the 21st century, nuclear power appeared to be drawing its last breath across much of Europe.

在21世纪的开端，核能在欧洲的大部分地区都已经是苟延残喘。

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While the nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl turned public opinion in the United States and Europe against nuclear energy, in France nuclear power never went out of fashion.

NPR: France Presses Ahead with Nuclear Power

But you say that even a moderate carbon tax would not make nuclear power competitive, noting that the price of permits in Europe's emissions-trading scheme implies a social cost of carbon dioxide of euro20 per tonne.

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The same is true of the boom in shale gas in America, the recession in Europe and the accident at the Fukushima nuclear-power plant in Japan.

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