Nuclear Power: the new threat

Publication date: August 2002

Summary
In May 2002, the government began a consultation process to decide how the UK's future energy needs could be met.

The nuclear industry are keen to build at least ten more nuclear power stations. And despite the apparent openness of the consultation process, government and nuclear industry lobbyists are already setting weak targets for renewable energy and undermining democracy.

And there are lots of issues they'd rather not discuss in public - such as the unsolved problem of what to do with our 500,000 tonnes of radioactive waste....