Commenting on a statement released today
by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate detailing the timeline for its review
into nuclear safety, Greenpeace executive director John Sauven said:
“It is welcome news that this review will
be longer and wider in scope than was originally reported. The approval process
for new nuclear power station should be suspended while we await the its
findings.”
Responding to comments today by Prime Minister David
Cameron, and to continuing events in Japan, Greenpeace executive director
John Sauven said:
“The focus now for everybody should be on saving lives
in Japan, and our thoughts in particular
are with the heroic engineers working to reduce the impact of this nuclear
accident.
"But it’s already clear that a new debate is taking shape
here in Europe about the direction of our
energy policy.
Commenting on the announcement of the Government will step in to underwrite
insurance costs for new nuclear reactors, Ben
Ayliffe of Greenpeace said:
“These proposals fly in the face of
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne’s assurances that the coalition won’t subsidise new
nuclear reactors. The planned revisions to nuclear insurance laws announced
today amount to ministers conceding they need to provide a huge new public
subsidy for an industry that has never been able to stand on its own
feet.”
Posted by jamess — 4 November 2010 at 7:26pm
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Channel 4 has broadcast another film bashing environmentalists, including Greenpeace.
We put science and practical solutions at the core of everything we do, which is why we're dismayed that Channel 4 would commission a programme littered with bad science and factual errors.
It's not just us saying it. Earlier this week statistics about climate change opinions from MORI had to be removed because they were misleading. Now one of the main contributors, Adam Werbach, is publically saying he was badly misled by Channel 4. If you'd like to read our response to the Channel 4 claims, go here.
Commenting on energy
minister Ed Miliband's announcements on more nuclear power stations today,
Ben Ayliffe, head of Greenpeace's
nuclear campaign, said:
"Miliband can name as
many sites as he likes for new nuclear power stations, but the fact remains that
the figures simply don't add up.
This response is made to the Department of Energy and Climate Change's (DECC) Consultation on the Nuclear Industry Association's application to Justify new nuclear power stations and the linked application by the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA).
In summary, Greenpeace is of the view that new nuclear build, including all aspects of the new practices from uranium mining, reactor operations through to new waste creation and disposal, cannot be justified.
