Date published: 2006/05/16
The BBC says:
Prime Minister Tony Blair has given his strongest signal yet that he backs the building of a new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK.
The prime minister told the CBI annual dinner that the issue was "back on the agenda with a vengeance".
He said Britain faced the prospect of being largely reliant on foreign gas imports for its future energy needs.
Critics claim Mr Blair had decided to opt for nuclear power even before the government energy review launched.
In the speech Mr Blair revealed he had seen a "first cut" of the government-commissioned energy review, due by the end of July.
Chairman of the Sustainable Development Commission Lord Porrit said: "It would be damaging to this government's credibility if it were to pre-empt the conclusions of its own energy review, by making premature and insufficiently considered announcements on nuclear power."
Well this is not a very surprising development, everybody has been saying for months that this is what Blair wants. Of course it no longer matters that much what Blair wants, what really matters is what Brown wants. And he has been silent on the issue. And Porrit and other so-called environmentalists are dogmatic in their comments. They continually make "premature and insufficiently considered announcements" against nuclear power, because they oppose it under all conditions, no questions asked. Needless to say, it is up to the nuclear industry to prove its case, in particular with regard to waste disposal.
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