View 1 - Greenpeace UK. The government wants to build new nuclear power stations.
If their plan succeeds, it will be at the cost of blocking the real solutions to climate change and a reliable future energy supply. It will also result in the continued production of dangerous nuclear waste and an increased risk from terrorism, radioactive accident and nuclear proliferation. Climate change. View 2 - Atomic Energy Agency. View 3 - The Independent 2011. Following the interim report on the lessons that could be learned from the nuclear crisis in Japan, the Energy Secretary said he "could see no reason" why the Government's plans for a new generation of reactors could not go ahead.
But environmental groups warned it was too early to draw conclusions from Fukushima, which was badly damaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami in March, and accused Mr Huhne of rushing to judgment on the safety of reactors in UK. In the Commons today, Mr Huhne told MPs that safety in the industry remained the coalition's "number one priority", admitting the Government's policy had been delayed by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. The Government is planning a new suite of nuclear reactors on existing sites to maintain electricity supplies and cut greenhouse gas emissions as an old generation of power stations are shut down. Dr Weightman said there was no need to change the current strategy for siting new nuclear power plants. "But we are not complacent.
" View 4 - Friends of the Earth 2007. View 5 - Natural Gas for Europe website 2010. An article in Der Spiegel discusses the development of shale gas in Germany.
Activities by ExxonMobil are highlighted. The company has secured concessions in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia and Der Spiegel reports that Exxon has conducted drilling a total of five times, with two more test wells planned by end of 2010. The article also dates that BNK Petroleum has secured licenses in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, which extend to about 9,700 square kilometers of land - equivalent to around 2.7 percent of the total area of the Federal Republic of Germany. 3 Legs Resources hold licenses for 2,550 square kilometers in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Realm Energy International has secured a small section of 64 square kilometers 100 miles west of Hanover. The German Government has high hopes for shale gas development. View 6 - Nuclear Industry Association, Keith Parker, 2011. The industry has given a clear signal on the need for new nuclear power in the UK in the wake of Germany’s recent decision to phase-out its nuclear power stations by 2022.
The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) said that the UK’s future security of supply and clean-air ambitions meant that building new nuclear power stations to replace its ageing fleet “was essential” to ensure a balanced low-carbon future for Britain. NIA Chief Executive Keith Parker said, “of course we agree that we should conserve energy wherever we can – this idea appears to be part of the German plan going forward. We also support a major increase in renewables as the Germans do. However nuclear supplies the essential base-load electricity needed to power an advanced industrial economy, and is key in protecting the UK from becoming too reliant on imported energy.”