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Britain likely to stall plans for new nuclear reactors

“Globally, this undoubtedly casts a shadow over the renaissance of the nuclear industry. That is blindingly obvious.”

Chris Huhne: Britain may scale back nuclear plans after Japan disaster. telegraph, 21 march 11 Britain may scale back its plans to build a new generation of nuclear plants in the wake of the Japanese disaster, the Energy Secretary indicated on Sunday.

Chris Huhne said that the meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant had “undoubtedly” cast a “shadow over the renaissance of the nuclear industry”.

The Government has ordered an urgent review of the safety of Britain’s nuclear power plants, to be conducted by the chief nuclear officer.

The review will report in May.

In an interview on Sunday, Mr Huhne appeared to raise the spectre of scaling down or even abandoning the country’s new nuclear programme.

Despite being opposed to nuclear power before entering the Government he has recently been a cheerleader for the need for new plants……

He added: “Globally, this undoubtedly casts a shadow over the renaissance of the nuclear industry. That is blindingly obvious.”

Chris Huhne: Britain may scale back nuclear plans after Japan disaster – Telegraph

March 22, 2011 - Posted by | politics, UK

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