Electricity production in the UK is responsible for a third of our carbon emissions. This is the UK's single greatest contribution to climate change. It need not be so.
The European Commission is expected to begin an investigation on December 1st into whether the UK will contravene European competition rules through establishing the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).
Greenpeace today welcomed the announcement by British Nuclear Group (BNG) to finally close the Chapelcross magnox nuclear power reactors in Dumfriesshire. The company has said the cost of continuing to operate the plant cannot be justified on a commercial basis.
"Some time ago BNG acknowledged all its magnox stations are loss makers, but continued to squander taxpayer money in keeping them open. BNG has at least now openly conceded that the balance sheet doesn't add up for Chapelcross any more," said Jean McSorley, Greenpeace nuclear campaigner.
Greenpeace action against nuclear transport from Muehleberg to Sellafield
The Government's Energy Bill, which is due for its second reading in the House of Commons this week, may breach European Commission rules on state aid.
We sought expert legal opinion on the bill, which was designed to establish the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). The NDA was meant to oversee the UK's radioactive waste problem, but its remit has already been extended - before it even exists - to bail out private nuclear companies.
