The government's consultation on nuclear waste is under fire today from environmentalists.
Greenpeace have said that the review, which draws to a close today, is "misleading" and creates a "confused impression" that there is a solution to dealing with radioactive waste.
Managing Nuclear Waste Safely is, according to the government, designed to "consult on a framework for implementing geological disposal" (link - see page 5). The consultation comes after Greenpeace won a High Court ruling in Februaury which overturned an earlier consultation on nuclear power. Mr Justice Sullivan called that consultation "unfair" and "unlawful", adding that it was "seriously flawed" and "manifestly inadequate" because insufficient information had been made available by the government for participants to make an "intelligent response".
Nathan Argent, Greenpeace’s nuclear campaigner, said: "This is yet another farcical effort from a government worryingly hell-bent on dragging the UK into an expensive and ill-considered radioactive future.
"It is clear that the Government are trying to mislead the public on the issue of nuclear waste and simply haven’t got a solution to dealing with stockpiles of this toxic legacy.
"They need to resolve the problems surrounding radioactive waste before they can make any decision to give the green light to new nuclear reactors."
For more information, contact the Greenpeace press office: 020 7865 8255.
See Greenpeace’s full response to the consultation.
