I am sorry to press this further, but of course there will be negotiations and some sort of a deal will be made with those developers, but if the circumstances change, as happened at Trawsfynydd, and there are immense additional costs beyond what was anticipated, surely there has to be a public guarantee to those communities. Those communities have supported nuclear power on the basis that such an understanding exists. If it is not there, there will be a volte-face, and there will be a reaction against nuclear power. This assurance has to be given one way or the other. If the Government want to go away, think about what mechanism is appropriate and come back on Report, I accept that, but to say that in no circumstances would the Government pick up the tab is to kill off the prospect of those locations.
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Wigley
(Plaid Cymru)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 8 March 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill.
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