Brislington Meadows
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An important wildlife habitat in Bristol under threat of development from Homes England. Join our Fb group https://t.co/svZloFTRA0
70 MPs and Lords (including Jeremy Corbyn) have written to Ed Miliband to oppose reforms to make it easier to build nuclear plants. Let's be clear. The letter is based on misinformation. The letter claims that the Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce used flawed evidence and massively exaggerated the £700m cost of Hinkley Point C's fish protection measures. They argue that only the £50m spent on an 'acoustic fish deterrent' counts as fish protection and that the other measures, including special low velocity intake heads (£500m) and a fish recovery-and-return system, should be considered 'plant protection measures'. There's one big flaw in their argument. None of the existing nuclear power stations built in the Severn Estuary (Hinkley Point A, Hinkley Point B, or Oldbury) used either low velocity intake heads or a fish return system. Flamanville 3 in France and Olkiluoto 3 in Finland use the same European Pressurised Reactor design as Hinkley Point C. I called up EDF to find out if either of them use a fish return systems or low velocity intake heads. So do they? No, they don’t. samdumitriu.com/p/when-700m-on…
40 backbenchers are trying to stop YOUR energy bills from becoming CHEAPER. The Government says its NUMBER ONE priority is easing the cost of living. They must keep their word: ACCEPT ALL and GET IT DONE
