Every new nuclear power station the government builds will have to store intermediate and high level nuclear waste until the government has permission to build a deep level repository; the government is asking them to plan to do this for fifty years or more! There is no safe way to dispose of nuclear waste and regulators have refused permission for such a deep level repository twice in the past, as recently as 1999. Do you blame us for saying "Not in our backyard?"
In 2004 the government agreed that nuclear power was never likely to be cost effective. The sustainable development commision says that nuclear power should not be part of our generating mix. Concerned scientists in the US and the UK both agree that nuclear power is dangerous and unnecessary to meet our energy needs.
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As of 2007, there were still over 300 farms in the Welsh and Cumbrian uplands which were still under restrictions following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. These restrictions are necessary to prevent dangerous radio isotopes entering the food chain.
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A recent report from Germany, the KiKK report, published in December 2007, has produced clear evidence of a link between childhood cancers, both leukaemia and hard cancers, and living close to a nuclear power station. Senior staff from British Energy said in a public meeting that they were unaware of the results of this groundbreaking study.
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The government has been condemed for holding unfair consultations on nuclear power on two separate occasions, once in the courts as a result of a judicial review, and once as a result of a criticism of their market research consultants by the Market Research Bureau Standards Board. It is our view that this means that the government has no mandate to proceed with its policy of building new nuclear power stations.
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In spite of offering between £3 and £6 billion in incentives, councils from one area only have asked to be considered as a site for a nuclear waste repository, Cumbria, the current host of the UK's nuclear waste dump.
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Local Meeting with Rupert Read, Green Party MEP candidate
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Rupert Read has accepted an invitation from CANE to address a meeting and to discuss “Nuclear Power and the Alternatives”. He is seeking election to the European Parliament standing as candidate for the Green Party. The meeting will take place on Whit Monday 25th May in Leiston Community Centre (on the Sizewell Road next to the Fire Station) starting at 12 midday.
Do not miss this opportunity to quiz Rupert and find out more about his stance on Nuclear Power and associated Green Issues. Refreshments will be provided.