New Zealand Nuclear in New Zealand: Attitudes and Prospects
New Zealand is famously (or notoriously) antinuclear. For many it is a matter of national pride and the stance is seen to bestow a sense of moral virtue (superiority) and the satisfaction of „standing up to the big guy‟. Anti-nuclearism may be the closest thing we have to a state religion, with the 1987 Act our sacred text and David Lange as our first saint. This gives rise to a certain rigidity in our policy responses, which means that the things we say and the stands we take may not always be in our best interests. I want to argue that we should consider nuclear power for New Zealand: what I call „A Modest Proposal‟.
