Representation by Rosey Lowry (Rosey Lowry)
- Date submitted
- 29 September 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Sizewell C will take 10 to 14 years to build By 2034 this already out-dated technology will look like a huge mistake. Wind power already costs half of what nuclear provides and it doesn’t need millions of pounds spent clearing up lethal nuclear waste on an eroding coastline with rising sea levels and increasing likelihood of climate change tidal surges and storms. Hinkley Point is build on rock Sizewell C is built on sand. Alternative wind power now costs half of what nuclear provides and battery power improves year on year with more skilled jobs for local people involved. East Suffolk has already 8 different energy projects proposed. We do not need another one with millions of pounds potentially spent on dealing with the resultant deadly nuclear waste for future generations. No wonder no company is prepared to take the risk on such a complicated design that has never yet worked in France or in Finland. Even the French Government refuse to take the risk of such costing and the Chinese offer of support comes with the suspect caveat of unwelcome influence and political implications. It should not be up to the British taxpayer to take on such risk of what may be cost and time over runs especially at a time when the economy is under pressure. This project is just not logical, and it is not good for Britain or for East Suffolk with damage to tourism of a world-renowned area of international environmental importance.