Mai 2010 / nonukes.org.uk

The real cost of nuclear power disguised by subsidies

PRESS RELEASE

"One of the things the coalition agreed with some passion in the current circumstances of fiscal restraint was that there will be no public subsidy for nuclear power.”

[Even support in the event of a disaster was out of the question, Huhne said.]

“That would count as a subsidy absolutely. There will be no public bailouts . . . I have explained my position to the industry and said public subsidies include contingent liabilities.”

▸ extract from interview with Lib.Dem. (…)