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NUCLEAR POWER WILL DIVERT INVESTMENT FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY - LORELY BURT

10.32.28pm BST (GMT +0100) Tue 22nd May 2007

Commenting ahead of tomorrow's publication of the Government's Energy White Paper, Solihull Liberal Democrat MP, Lorely Burt said:

"The Government is in danger of missing the opportunity to tackle climate change without resorting to the expensive mistake of nuclear power.

Lorely Burt MP

"Directing focus and investment away from wind, wave and tidal power into nuclear will delay our ability to get to a fully-renewable system by decades.

"Nuclear power has a history of hidden costs and is fraught with potential dangers. There is also still the unanswered question of what to do with all the radioactive waste.

"Carbon capture and storage should be used as an interim technology before renewable technologies are fully developed."

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