Submitted to the European Commission
Publication date: September 2003
Summary
The UK Government offered nuclear power company British Energy (BE) up to £3.3 billion in taxpayers' money under a "secret" restructuring plan. In July 2003, the European Commission announced it would conduct a formal investigation into the legality of this restructuring package.
Greenpeace believes that instead of pouring money into a privately owned nuclear company, the Government should allow BE to go into administration and organise an orderly shut down of its loss making plants.
This document contains the comments submitted to the Commission on behalf of Greenpeace.
