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UK’s nuclear plans hit by one blow after another

Another blow to nuclear plans, Ruscombe Green, 17 May 2010, “….new uncertainty over new nukes following the appointment of anti-nuclear Energy Secretary Chris Huhne. He has strengthened his assertion that new nuclear build will not receive any Government subsidies including in the event of a nuclear accident…….
Nuke-waste subsidy?
Chris Huhne may also be under pressure from anti-nuclear Lib-Dem colleagues to examine other potential aspects of Government subsidy such as the Labour proposal for fixed pricing of nuclear waste management after the expected 60 year life of the reactors. This ridiculous pricing model would give assurance to the industry over future costs of nuclear waste disposal but could be at the expense of tax-payers…..
The Labour Government missed out the risks of no repository being available in the recent 300 page National Nuclear Policy Statement – a gift to to the nuke industry. Chris Huhne will have the job of rewriting this document with obvious risks to nuclear developers.
Fast-track Planning? it is not clear yet what the Energy Secretary plans for the unelected quango which is the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC). …….a rewritten Nuclear Policy Statement (NPS) to guide the planning process may also involve the appraisal of the on-site spent fuel store which EdF want to build alongside Hinkley C. The spent nuclear fuel will be so hot and radioactive it will need to cool in the storage pond for one hundred years when it comes out of the reactor…………. Another blow to nuclear plans

May 16, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear renaissance, nuclear technology, nuclear wastes, reactors, uranium