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British nuclear fools. Government must end reprocessing and abandon mox now
18 February 2000
Commenting on the scandal over the falsification of plutonium data by BNFL, Mark Johnson, Energy campaigner at Friends of the Earth said:
“This scandal leaves the business case for the new large-scale MOX plant in tatters.
John Prescott now has no option but to reject BNFL's application to operate the plant. It would be foolish, and probably illegal, for the Deputy PM to give the go-ahead after this shameful episode.
This whole affair shows, once again, that BNFL cannot be trusted and that the economic and environmental madness of reprocessing must not be allowed to continue.
The nuclear industry does have a future, but this lies with clean-up and decommissioning.This will provide long-term jobs and safeguard the environment for future generations as well as securing a stake for Britain in dealing with the mess that the nuclear industry has created worldwide.”
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