Greenpeace reaction to Blair's 'nukes back on the agenda' announcement

Reacting to news that Tony Blair is to say in a speech tonight that replacing nuclear power stations is "back on the agenda with a vengeance", Stephen Tindale, Greenpeace's Executive Director, said: "Wasting billions of pounds of taxpayers' money on a ridiculously dangerous and antiquated form of energy is certainly back on the agenda.

"Nuclear power presents a real terrorist threat, costs a stupid amount of money, doesn't help in the fight against climate change and certainly won't plug the energy gap. To put this hazard back on the agenda is recklessly incompetent."

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