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wide and growing coalition of real concern about EDF’s Sizewell C nuclear project

East Anglian Daily Times 9th May 2020. NFLA, Cllr David Blackburn Councillors are right, EDF should delay its Sizewell C application. I warmly welcome the joint letter of opposition
councillors on Sizewell County Council calling on the Government to halt
EDF moving forward with a Development Consultation Order for Sizewell C
(EADT, 28th April).

The letter mirrors our own concerns noted last week in
our own letter to the EADT, and that of many parish, town and East Suffolk
District Councillors as well. Democratic discussions have to be put on hold
at the moment as the country deals with the worst public health emergency
in living memory.

It suggests an arrogance and a desperation within EDF to
want to move forward with the Sizewell C development at the moment. The
four rounds of local consultation on EDF’s Sizewell C plans showed a large
level of concern and opposition from across local government, much of which
stating that EDF have not provided adequate information to explain how they
would mitigate many of the harmful environmental effects of the
development. Indeed, all local environmental groups have raised huge
concern on its impact, particularly to the likes of wildlife gems like the
RSPB Minsmere site.

Just today, 60 prominent local people have added
similar concerns in a joint letter to The Times. It is clear there is a
wide and growing coalition of real concern about Sizewell C. EDF should not
just halt the DCO application, it should listen to local opinion and cancel
the project altogether. There is no need for Sizewell C. It is time EDF
listened to its critics and halted it.

https://www.eadt.co.uk/home

May 11, 2020 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | opposition to nuclear, UK