Fantastic, a double whammy! Energy Fair have put in a complaint to the European Commission about subsidies being offered to the nuclear industry by the UK government. Dr Gerry Wolff, has put in the complaint making the case that the subsidies being offered for nuclear power in the UK amount to 'state aid' and are unlawful under EU competition laws.
“One of the biggest subsidies for nuclear power in the UK is that it is required to pay much less than the full cost of insuring against a Chernobyl-style disaster or worse” said Dr Gerry Wolff, a member of the Energy Fair group that has made the complaint. “The nuclear industry is also paying much less than the full cost of disposing of nuclear waste and for the decommissioning of nuclear plants.”
“Without the subsidies that it is receiving, nuclear power would be hopelessly uncompetitive. But it is a mature technology that should be commercially viable without support. Those subsidies are distorting the market and working against the development of the clean, green sources of power that are now urgently needed. There are now many reports from reputable sources showing that there are more than enough renewable sources of power to meet our needs, now and for the foreseeable future.”
Do you not think that the government are partly paying towards the cost of disposing of nuclear wast because they owned and operated them for 20-25 years?
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