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To: Snowshoe who wrote (63646)5/8/2005 5:10:44 AM
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Got Uranium? ...

Secret papers reveal new (British) nuclear building plan

Oliver Morgan, industrial editor
Sunday May 8, 2005
The Observer

The government's strategy to kick-start a huge nuclear power station building programme is revealed today in confidential Whitehall documents seen by The Observer.

In a 46-paragraph briefing note for incoming ministers, Joan MacNaughton, the director-general of energy policy at the new Department of Productivity, Energy and Industry, warns that key policy targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and boost green energy are likely to fail, and that decisions on new nuclear power stations must be taken urgently. It advises that 'it is generally easier to push ahead on controversial issues early in a new parliament'.

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observer.guardian.co.uk