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Rennie denounces nuclear option
August 23, 2006 2:21 PM
Speaking after a committee of MPs warned that the nuclear clean-up bill was £70 billion and rising, local Liberal Democrat MP, Willie Rennie, said:
"This report confirms what many of us have been saying for a long time: the case for new nuclear power stations is incredibly weak.
"Nuclear is a tried, tested and failed technology. It has never been delivered in Britain without massive state subsidies. And all the while, it has been generating waste that is simply piling up at Dounreay and Sellafield.
"The report says that the Government does not know how much waste there is. Every time the estimates rise, so do the bills. In 2002, it was £48 billion. Now it's £70.2 billion and the Committee tells us this bill will definitely rise again.
"There is no appetite in Scotland for more nuclear power stations and more nuclear waste. What is needed is a genuine commitment to renewable sources and energy efficiency."
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