Don't rush to nuclear power, warns Blair's environment adviser

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article549529.ece

Tony Blair's own environmental adviser has warned him that building more nuclear power stations could "drain resources" from developing renewable energy and other green forms of fuel.

In a report to the Government's energy review, the Environment Agency has warned that no more power stations should be built until the Government has devised a strategy for disposing of tons of nuclear waste.

It warns that new power stations "would add to the UK's existing nuclear waste inventory" and says it is important that Britain does not rely on nuclear power to tackle greenhouse gas emissions.

The submission will prove an embarrassing setback to the Prime Minister, who last week gave the green light for a new generation of nuclear power stations and said the issue was "back on the agenda with a vengeance".

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uranium to run reactors for over 20 years, but then that is why they had the cold war.. to justify the production of plutonium.. then they stored it as bombs till the petroleum industry can create the false necessity to build fast breeder reactors.... solar and wind will never be allowed