Nuclear Is Not the Way Forward ; with the Government Expected to Give the Go-Ahead for a New Generation of Nuclear Power Stations Today, Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg Explains Why He Opposes the Building of a New Nuclear Power Station at Hinkley in Somerset.

Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › January 11, 2008

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With the Government expected to give the go-ahead for a new generation of nuclear power stations today, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg explains why he opposes the building of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley in Somerset.

The possibility of a new reactor at Hinkley Point will bring the question of nuclear power to the forefront of the debate in the South West.

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Nuclear Is Not the Way Forward ; with the Government Expected to Give the Go-Ahead for a New Generation of Nuclear Power Stations Today, Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg Explains Why He Opposes the Building of a New Nuclear Power Station at Hinkley in Somerset.

I believe it would be a mistake to build at Hinkley, and a mistake to build at any of the other three shortlisted sites.

If Britain is to secure a sustainable future and safeguard the planet for our child...

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