Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth vow to fight on as the controversial MOX plant faces three more court challenges
A High Court Judge today ruled that the Government's recent decision to give British Nuclear Fuels Ltd the go-ahead for the MOX plant at Sellafield was not unlawful under European Law. Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace had made the case that the Government had wrongly disregarded the £70 million it cost to build the plant when giving the economic justification under EU law (1). In a controversial judgement, Mr Justice Collins ruled that the costs of setting up a new nuclear plant should not be weighed in the balance of economic costs and benefits when deciding whether any nuclear practice is economically justified. Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth will consider whether to appeal Mr Justice Collins' decision.
