From Greenpeace UK's website:
We're taking legal action against the government for deciding to support nuclear power without full public consultation.If you followed the 2006 energy review, you'll know that many people suspected that Blair had already decided to build new nuclear reactors. As the chairman of the Trade and Industry Committee said, the Energy Review was "a rubber-stamping exercise for a decision [to build new nuclear power stations] the Prime Minister took some time ago".
"[We] think that this half-baked process has led to an unsubstantiated pro-nuclear policy. This is an issue of huge public concern since the implications of building new nuclear reactors - which create long-lived and highly radioactive waste - will impact generations to come."
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