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N-plant safety report doesn't justify new reactors
11 October 2011
Commenting on publication today of a safety review of the UK nuclear industry following the Fukushima crisis in Japan earlier this year, Friends of the Earth's energy campaigner Tony Bosworth said:
"This report does nothing to alter the Alice-in-Wonderland economics of nuclear power - it's a gamble we don't need to take.
"After more than five decades of nuclear generation the industry still relies on huge public subsidy, while solar is set to operate without taxpayer support within a decade.
"Getting tough on energy waste and plugging in to the UK's vast green power potential will meet our energy needs and build the new job and business opportunities our economy is crying out for."
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Last modified: Oct 2011
