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EDM 1018

NUCLEAR AND RENEWABLE ENERGIES

openUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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25 July 2000

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25 July 2000 · Early Day Motion

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Paul Flynn

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25 July 2000

Summary

That this House deplores the decision to agree to pay Japan ú40 million as a sweetener to apologise for the fact that British Nuclear Fuels sent Kansai Electric plutonium mox fuel with falsified safety paperwork; notes with concern the total cost of the return of the discredited mox fuel to Sellafield is likely to be in excess of ú100 million; believes the agreement to provide Kansai Electric with alternative subsidised mox fuel is contrary to EU rules on state aid; contrasts the enormous subsidies to the plutonium fuel industry with the total annual research, demonstration and development investment into renewable energy of ú31 million; and calls upon the Government to halt all further support for plutonium fuel production in the United Kingdom in favour of a robust support for renewable energies.

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  1. 25 July 2000

    Early Day Motion

    That this House deplores the decision to agree to pay Japan ú40 million as a sweetener to apologise for the fact that British Nuclear Fuels sent Kansai Electric plutonium mox fuel with falsified safety paperwork; notes with concern the total cost of the return of the discredited mox fuel to Sellafield is likely to be in excess of ú100 million; believes the agreement to provide Kansai Electric with alternative subsidised mox fuel is contrary to EU rules on state aid; contrasts the enormous subsidies to the plutonium fuel industry with the total annual research, demonstration and development investment into renewable energy of ú31 million; and calls upon the Government to halt all further support for plutonium fuel production in the United Kingdom in favour of a robust support for renewable energies.

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