Councils positive about Hinkley Point nuclear milestone
The leader of Sedgemoor district council welcomed the Government's decision to grant consent for two new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point.
“This is a landmark decision and an important step towards the delivery of the next generation of nuclear power stations,” said Duncan McGinty. “The local communities around Hinkley Point recognise the urgent national need for new energy infrastructure and their role as pioneers in the new low-carbon economy.
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Hinkley Point provides the backdrop to the Somerset countryside
“The decision heralds significant opportunities as well as challenges over the coming decade and we are ready to work hard to see that the full benefits are felt locally and to try to keep disruption of daily lives to a minimum.”
He did though add a significant caveat.
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“However, we now ask that the Government turns its attention to the needs of these communities in Sedgemoor and West Somerset.
It must ensure that they receive fair, reasonable, and proportionate benefits in recognition of the burden of hosting a power station which will deliver great benefits to the nation but whose significant impact is felt locally,” he said.
And Somerset county council’s leader also backed the new power station.
“This is an exciting time and a time of huge opportunity should EDF make a decision to go ahead,” said John Osman. “It is the chance of a lifetime and could regenerate a huge area and create jobs and opportunities for our young people for years to come.”
Comments
by PCAH3
Wednesday, March 20 2013, 2:30PM
“What Sedgemoor District Council does not recognise is that local communities do not support nuclear power because they have been paying for it with their lives and the lives of their children for the past 45 years. We are not fooled by all the money EDF have poured into Bridgwater to train engineering and construction students. What EDF have not done is pay for anyone to lecture these students on the price they would pay for working at Hinkley, whether on Hinkley C or on Hinkley A decommissioning or Hinkley B which is at high risk of core meltdown. Exposure to poisonous radioactive gases from Hinkley have been causing huge increases in cancers in adults, young people, young children and foetuses. The health risks are well documented and published; you can see them on the Stop Hinkley website. Somerset local communities really would benefit if EDF abandoned Hinkley C, shut down Hinkley B and changed the decommissioning contract to put public and worker safety before EDF and the French government's profits. All the workers thinking of working at Hinkley would be much safer with no health risks if they prepared to work on the Severn Barrage. EDF could also invest in this safe infrastructure project which has no health risks, would cost half of Hinkley C and produce more electricity than three nuclear sites for twice the operational lifetime, with no waste. We need Sedgemoor District Council to learn the truth about nuclear power and act in the interests of the community it is supposed to represent, not collude with foreign companies in perpetuating what has been a crime against humanity for the past 45 years.”