In response to reports in the Japanese media that has agreed to fully guaranteee
the loans for Hitachi's proposed new nuclear reactor at Wylfa,
Anglesey, Hannah Martin, Head of Energy at Greenpeace UK, said -
"With this offer of taxpayer support to Hitachi, has given us a disturbing
glimpse of Britain’s future. In a secret meeting last week she
has allegedly taken control of our energy policy away from
Parliament and given it to companies with questionable safety
records in secret deals behind closed doors. British MPs and
British taxpayers only learnt about these secret deals from
Japanese newspapers.
"While neither the taxpayer nor our representatives in Parliament
are party to the discussions, we’ll be funding this deal twice
over. Firstly financing the construction of these absurdly
expensive obsolete reactors, and then again when our soaring
electricity bills reveal exactly why no other western nation is
making this costly mistake. And after the Hinkley debacle, we
can't say we weren't warned. The Prime Minister must come clean
on what she has agreed with foreign companies and answer urgent
questions on the viability of her energy policy."
ENDS
Notes
Hitachi's U.K. nuclear project to get guarantees from government
- media
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-nuclear-hitachi/hitachis-u-k-nuclear-project-to-get-guarantees-from-government-media-i
Hitachi briefing - https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hitachi-briefing-final.pdf
Wylfa reactor briefing - https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ABWR-briefing-final.pdf
