The Government has named 11 potential sites in England and Wales for a new generation of nuclear power plants.

The sites have been nominated by energy companies who are interested in building the plants, and by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, which owns some existing sites. A month-long public consultation has now begun.

Simon Hughes, Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, said

A new generation of nuclear power stat¬ions will be a colossal mistake, regardless of where they are built. They are hugely expensive, dangerous and will take too long to build. There is a real danger that the government is becoming too close to the big energy companies. The best answer to Britain’s needs is a massive expansion of renewable energy. If billions of pounds are wasted on new nuclear sites, the money simply won’t be available to do this.

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