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No govt subsidy for new nuclear plants in Britain

The coalition government says new nuclear build will go ahead as long as no public subsidy is needed.

Farron demands end to nuclear subsidies, North West Evening Mail  6 July 2010 AN MP is calling for the withdrawal of all public subsidy for nuclear power.Tim Farron says the taxpayer should not be propping up the nuclear industry.The Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale said: “The argument is simple, there can be nuclear build if there is no public subsidy. If nuclear is commercially viable, it will not stop it happening. You have to question whether it is a good use of public money propping up an industry which should support itself.”Mr Farron is one of 25 MPs in Westminster to have signed a Commons petition against subsidy.

It calls on the government to “exclude all taxpayer-funded, direct and indirect subsidies from companies who have expressed interest in building new nuclear power plants in the UK for such construction and operation.”

The coalition government says new nuclear build will go ahead as long as no public subsidy is needed.

July 8, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, reactors, uranium