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Legal action looming against UK nuclear plan

Greenpeace threaten legal action over nuclear announcement edie.net 10 Nov 09 Luke Walsh The Government has earmarked ten sites for nuclear power generation by 2025 and moves to speed applications through the planning process. ……….a protester wanting to challenge a potential development appears to be left with only the option of a taking legal action once it’s officially given the green light…………..Head of Greenpeace’s nuclear campaign, Ben Ayliffe, said: “He can name as many sites as he likes for new nuclear power stations, but the fact remains the figures simply don’t add up.

“Even the Thatcher government realised this. It was exactly 20 years ago to the day that they pulled nuclear plants from the energy privatisation scheme when they realised that nuclear power was not an attractive investment for private companies. And it still isn’t.

“Our lawyers will be examining this announcement very closely. You can’t justify building more nuclear power stations when there is no solution to radioactive waste and when international regulators are saying there are huge uncertainties surrounding the basic safety of new reactor designs.”

Greenpeace threaten legal action over nuclear announcement

November 11, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy