UK Prime Minister pushes for new wave of nuclear plants

London (Platts)--18May2006

Prime Minister Tony Blair is pushing for a new wave of nuclear plants in the
UK after receiving an advanced copy May 15 of his government's energy review.
"The facts are stark," he told the Confederation of British Industry at the
CBI's annual dinner in London last night. By 2025, if current policy remained
unchanged, the UK will have dramatically failed to meet its carbon dioxide
emission reduction targets and will be 90% dependent on foreign gas imports,
mostly from the Middle East, Africa and Russia, he said. The replacement of
Britain's nuclear power stations is "back on the agenda with a vengeance," he
said.

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