11th August 2006

The government has just fined two British nuclear operators £2m each over serious radioactive spillages. Yet all three organisations are state-owned: this merely sends £4m of taxpayers' money on a financial merry-go-round.

Now that companies have the go-ahead for new nuclear what happens in the event of serious accidents, financial or otherwise? A taxpayers 'rescue' or letting the lights going out? Nuclear eats money: cheaper, safer, cleaner Green answers exist now. We must insist on them. There are still enough sane voices. We can stop more of these dinosaurs being built.

David Wood, Stroud District Green party