The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) has reacted with dismay to a debate in the House of Commons on the Nuclear Energy Financing Bill.
The Nuclear Energy Financing Bill received its second reading in the House on Wednesday 3rd November. The Bill is intended to provide a new funding model to support the financing of large-scale and advanced nuclear technologies including the Sizewell C project in Suffolk. The Minister of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said the lack of alternatives to the funding model used for Hinkley Point C has led to the cancellation of projects, at Wylfa Newydd in Wales and Moorside in Cumbria.
NFLA comments on Plans to Impose a Nuclear Tax on Consumers’ Bills (nuclearpolicy.info)