TRUTH HURTS FOR UK GOVERNMENT AS OWN ADVISERS HIT OUT ON NUCLEAR

TRUTH HURTS FOR UK GOVERNMENT AS OWN ADVISERS HIT OUT ON NUCLEAR.

FORMER ADVISERS WASTE DUMP WARNING.

Accusations that UK Ministers have been ‘cavalier’ and ‘cherry-picked’ advice to bolster the case for new nuclear power stations while ignoring the unsolved problem of how to deal with radioactive waste from existing plants have been highlighted by the SNP. SNP Westminster Energy spokesperson, Mike Weir MP, said the accusations by former senior government advisers, Gordon MacKerron, previously chair of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, and Peter Wilkinson, exposed the UK Government’s flawed nuclear plans. Mr Weir said: “The whistle has been blown on Labour’s flawed nuclear plans, with the UK Government's own advisers turning on Ministers over their recklessness. “The costs associated with developing new nuclear stations are enormous, and the costs and risks associated with disposal and decommissioning are incalculable “These accusations are clearly an inconvenient truth for UK Ministers, who seem more interested in selling the idea of new generation of reactors than telling us about the dangers of the existing ones. The risks and uncertainties of nuclear power, in terms of waste disposal, decommissioning, security and health concerns, and cost, are far too great. “This situation perfectly illustrates the wisdom of the Scottish Government's energy strategy - based on our vast clean, green energy sources including renewables, clean coal and carbon capture. “Without nuclear power, Scotland has the natural resources to generate clean, green power. Harnessing that potential can meet our future energy demands many times over, while also tackling climate change.”