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kristopher

(29,798 posts)
Wed Oct 23, 2013, 02:55 AM Oct 2013

Scotland irked by British nuclear power plans

Scotland irked by British nuclear power plans
Oct. 22, 2013 | 7:09 AM

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The British government has "misguided enthusiasm" for nuclear power after striking a deal with French and Chinese companies, the Scottish government said.
French utility company EDF and its Chinese partners are to build a new nuclear power station near the western British coast. The facility will represent the first nuclear power station built in the country since the 1990s.

Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said in a statement the British government was moving in the wrong direction in terms of its electricity choices.

"This U.K. government's misguided enthusiasm for nuclear comes at a time when other countries, such as Germany and EDF's home nation France, are either eliminating or scaling back their dependence on nuclear generation and when we should be putting the support to our renewables energy industry and the jobs it will support across the country," he said Monday.

...The Scottish government set a goal of generating 100 percent of its electricity from renewable resources by 2020.....



Read more: http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2013/10/22/Scotland-irked-by-British-nuclear-power-plans/UPI-29781382440161/#ixzz2iWeg16tS
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Scotland irked by British nuclear power plans (Original Post) kristopher Oct 2013 OP
Why are Cherynobyl and Fukushima so easily forgotten? MrsKirkley Oct 2013 #1
Misguided is putting it mildly madokie Oct 2013 #2

MrsKirkley

(180 posts)
1. Why are Cherynobyl and Fukushima so easily forgotten?
Wed Oct 23, 2013, 03:07 AM
Oct 2013

How can humans continue to build plants that produce waste that remains toxic for thousands of years?

Cherynobyl - disaster

Fukushima - disaster

Definition of insanity!

madokie

(51,076 posts)
2. Misguided is putting it mildly
Wed Oct 23, 2013, 03:28 AM
Oct 2013

I see what the plan is but I'll be surprised if it is ever completed.
Renewables is where the future lies.

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