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Greens vow to stop nuclear power plant

Greens vow to stop nuclear power plant North West Evening Mail Tuesday, 21 April 2009

A NUCLEAR power plant near Millom would leave Cumbria open to “catastrophic accident or terrorist attack”, resulting in huge loss of life and leaving large parts of the county uninhabitable, green campaigners have warned.

Political group the Green Party has vowed to block plans to build a new plant a Layriggs Farm in Kirksanton.

The defiant stand was announced after a list of 11 potential sites across the country was released by the government on Wednesday (15).

The list also includes land at Braystones, near Egremont, and a plot near Sellafield……………………………

Green Party member Peter Cranie said: “The Green Party has long campaigned against nuclear power due to its high cost and the unsolved problems with radioactive waste and risks of radioactive discharges. There also remains a small, but real, risk of a catastrophic accident.

“New nuclear power stations should not be built on green field sites on the Cumbrian coast, and not at Sellafield either. Sellafield should devote itself to decommissioning and dealing with the radioactive waste already produced.”

The party has expressed concern that a final decision could also be snatched away from “local communities” and handed to a specialist government commission.

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April 22, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive