[New post] Nuclear Free Local Authorities join in Seminar ‘Sizewell C: More Questions than Answers’
Christina Macpherson posted: " As decision day nears on the Sizewell-C development, the Chair andSecretary of Nuclear Free Local Authorities will be joining localcampaigners opposed to the new build plan at a special conference inSaxmundham on Saturday 2 July. Councillor David Bla" nuclear-news
As decision day nears on the Sizewell-C development, the Chair and Secretary of Nuclear Free Local Authorities will be joining local campaigners opposed to the new build plan at a special conference in Saxmundham on Saturday 2 July.
Councillor David Blackburn and Richard Outram are amongst a line-up of speakers who will talk on a range of topics related to the proposed Sizewell-C and Bradwell nuclear power plant developments.
The public conference titled 'Sizewell C: More Questions than Answers' is being hosted by local campaign group, Together Against Sizewell C, at Saxmundham Market Hall, High St, Saxmundham, IP17 1AF from 10am until 1.30pm on Saturday 2nd July. The decision by the Secretary of State Kwasi Kwarteng to award a Development Consent Order for Sizewell-C is expected on 8 July, but it is anticipated to be a formality as the Minister and his Government have already made repeated statements in favour of the project and have pledged to take a 20% stake in the plant.
Sizewell-C has been in the news recently with media reports that the government's French backers, EDF, are threatening to pull out if Ministers do not make a cast-iron commitment to take their stake by 21 July; that trades unions are lobbying Minsters for the same commitment citing a threat to jobs; and because of a spat between Lord Deben, Chair of Parliament's Climate Change Committee, and EDF over his challenge to their competence in building new nuclear power plants and the suitability of the Sizewell-C site.
The prospects for Bradwell in Essex are even more uncertain as Chinese involvement in British nuclear projects has now been vetoed by the Government, with a former Conservative Party leader pointedly describing them as 'not a trusted vendor'.
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