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“Together Against Sizewell” argue in UK’s High Court against this nuclear development’s impact on environment

 The government’s decision to back a new Sizewell C nuclear power plant
failed to assess the environmental impact of the project and should be
overturned, campaigners have argued at the High Court.

Protest group Together Against Sizewell C has launched a bid to challenge development
consent granted by the then Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng last July. At
a hearing in London, lawyers for the Suffolk residents argued that the
government failed to assess the impact of providing an “essential” water
supply to the project and did not consider “alternative solutions” to
meeting its energy and climate change objectives.

They also argue that the
government concluded the power station site would be clear of nuclear
material by 2140, when rising sea levels and storm surges could flood the
site before it has been decontaminated. The government, supporting the
project with a £700m stake, argues that it made “legitimate planning
judgments” and that the campaigners’ “unarguable” challenge should be
dismissed.

 ITV 23rd March 2023

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2023-03-23/sizewell-c-approval-is-challenged-by-campaigners-in-the-high-court

What is Sizewell C and how will it be paid for? Campaigners challenge new
plant. Campaigners have told the High Court that the Government’s decision
to support the Sizewell C nuclear power plant plan was “unlawful” and
should be overturned.

 Evening Standard 23rd March 2023

https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/what-sizewell-c-cost-suffolk-nuclear-power-b1022520.html

 Lawyers representing campaigners argued in London’s High Court that the
government did not evaluate the environmental impact of the nuclear power
plant.

 Energy Live News 23rd March 2023

https://www.energylivenews.com/2023/03/23/legal-challenge-to-uks-sizewell-c-nuclear-project-approval/

March 25, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, UK