Nuclear Power Could Be on Way Out

Nuclear Power Could Be on Way Out, Report

Oct 02 - Belfast Telegraph

NUCLEAR power may have had its day, according to a draft British Government energy review leaked to a leading scientific journal.

The document published in New Scientist magazine today says the best way to cut carbon pollution and tackle global warming is to replace oil and coal-fired power stations with renewable energy sources.

Nuclear power is simply too dangerous and expensive, says the report.

The review attempts to lay out Britain's energy strategy for the next 50 years. If the Government accepts its recommendations, Britain will become one of the world's most environmentally friendly energy producers.

The long-awaited study had been widely expected to embrace the nuclear industry's plans for up to 15 new nuclear stations.

Instead, it relegates nuclear power to an also-can that could be totally phased out by 2050 if renewable sources deliver as expected.

Bryony Worthington, energy campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said: "This is exciting news and, if this is what the final energy review says, a victory for commonsense.

"Nuclear power is expensive, dangerous and unpopular and should have no role to play in our future energy needs."

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