6 OCTOBER 1984, Page 24

More power

Sir: Auberon Waugh's temperate and perceptive plea for more nuclear power (Another voice, 29 September) reminds me of a recent remark by Dr Hans Blix, director-general of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, who told journal- ists that in his own country (Sweden) the communists argued that nuclear power was good for communist countries but bad for capitalist countries.

Russia has just disclosed that it has 40 nuclear electricity plants operating, includ- ing 'the most powerful reactor the world has ever seen'. It has just celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the world's first reactor to make electricity.

David Fishlock

Science Editor, Financial Times, Bracken House, 10 Cannon Street, London EC4