WWF-UK: Lib Dems are right - nuclear power is a costly red herring
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Lib Dems are right - nuclear power is a costly red herring
Tuesday 20 June 2006
WWF-UK supports the Liberal Democrats verdict on nuclear power as 'the ultimate stealth tax'.
As Sir Menzies Campbell released analysis of recent international experiences of nuclear power being uneconomic WWF sees nuclear as 'a costly red herring'.
Keith Allott, WWF-UK's Head of Climate Change, said:"The myth that we are facing an enormous energy gap which only nuclear power can fill has been has been a fantastic piece of spin.
"The government's own Energy Paper, released just three years ago, showed that we could meet our energy needs and reduce carbon dioxide emissions through increasing and diversifying the use of renewable energy and reducing energy waste.
"Even if you put aside the waste issue and the terrorist risk, new nuclear power should be ruled out on economic grounds alone. Nuclear power is nothing but a costly red herring and it will be the taxpayers who end up covering the costs of an uneconomic industry."
WWF-UK recently published a report on future electricity provision in the UK, in response to the government's Energy Review. The report 'The Balance of Power', written by independent energy consultants ILEX, showed that we could meet our power needs without resorting to nuclear power. This entailed increasing the use of renewables and making modest cuts to energy waste.
Keith Allott, WWF-UK's Head of Climate Change, said:"The myth that we are facing an enormous energy gap which only nuclear power can fill has been has been a fantastic piece of spin.
"The government's own Energy Paper, released just three years ago, showed that we could meet our energy needs and reduce carbon dioxide emissions through increasing and diversifying the use of renewable energy and reducing energy waste.
"Even if you put aside the waste issue and the terrorist risk, new nuclear power should be ruled out on economic grounds alone. Nuclear power is nothing but a costly red herring and it will be the taxpayers who end up covering the costs of an uneconomic industry."
WWF-UK recently published a report on future electricity provision in the UK, in response to the government's Energy Review. The report 'The Balance of Power', written by independent energy consultants ILEX, showed that we could meet our power needs without resorting to nuclear power. This entailed increasing the use of renewables and making modest cuts to energy waste.
Hunterston Nuclear Power Station
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Download The Balance of Power as a PDF file or The Balance of Power Summary as a PDF file.