Lib Dem Energy Secretary Chris Huhne – a once vocal opponent of nuclear power – said the eight power plants were vital to fill Britain’s looming energy gap, he also shelved £30billion plans to build a ten-mile barrage across the Severn estuary to generate ‘green’ electricity from tides, it aimed to meet five per cent of Britain’s electricity needs, if it went ahead wait till you get the bill for that folly!
in 2006, as Lib Dem energy spokesman, he claimed no private investor had built a nuclear power station without ‘lashings of government subsidy’ since the 1980s, in 2007 he described nuclear power as ‘a tried, tested and failed technology, which is clearly a costly blind alley’ and condemned Tony Blair for a ‘U-turn’ on the issue,
a report from the new Department of Energy and Climate Change paves the way for nuclear power stations at eight sites: Bradwell in Essex; Hartlepool; Heysham in Lancashire; Hinkley Point in Somerset; Oldbury in South Gloucestershire; Sellafield in Cumbria; Sizewell in Suffolk and Wylfa on Anglesey, all are near existing nuclear plants,although the Lib Dems were opposed to nuclear power in their election manifesto, Mr Huhne said their position changed as part of the Coalition deal, he added: ‘And when I do a deal, I deliver it.’ many people have criticised Chris for his 'U' turn, but I have to admire him for publicly changing his mind when he made a mistake, I just hope that the tree huggers do not make nuclear provided electricity pay for their hugely expensive wind farm produced energy, but wait what a great idea - you can chose what electricity you can be billed for, nuclear or at three times the price wind power!
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