Dylan Martin

At the turn of the 20th century, British shipyards launched something close to eighty percent of worldwide shipping tonnage.1 Yards like John Brown, Swan Hunter, and Harland & Wolff supplied much of the world’s merchant fleet. In 2023, Britain built zero commercial ships.1 Britain’s nuclear story follows the same pattern. By 1965 Britain had more operating reactors than the United States, the Soviet Union, and France combined.2 It had, more or less, helped create the nuclear power industry.…