Published Date:
21 November 2009
By ANNA SMITH
MOVES away from using Druridge Bay for a nuclear power station have been welcomed by MP Sir Alan Beith.
Campaigners have fought for years to have the area struck off a list of potential sites and last week the Government confirmed it was not being pursued as an option.
Sir Alan, who represents the area, said: "Druridge Bay is the wrong site for the wrong energy policy.
"I am not in favour of an expansion of nuclear power because we still do not know what to do with the waste it creates, but even if you accept the policy, Druridge Bay is a site of enormous scenic habitat which is too far from the grid transmission lines, as the Government has rightly concluded.
"The Secretary of State Ed Miliband has assured me that the Government has no intention of proceeding with the idea of developing Druridge Bay as a nuclear site.
"Any move in that direction would spark off a massive campaign like the one that saw the proposal off last time it was raised."
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Last Updated:
19 November 2009 11:14 AM
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Source:
Morpeth Herald
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Location:
Morpeth
