In response to the recent announcement, a TASC spokesperson said “Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) is extremely disappointed that our application for an appeal hearing at the Supreme Court has been denied. However, the fact remains the same – Sizewell C, which is situated in the driest drought-prone region of the country, still has no guaranteed sustainable mains water supply essential for its slated 60 years of operation and the full environmental impacts of getting mains water to the site are yet to be assessed. Although it may have been deemed lawful to build a nuclear power station without a mains water supply and whose sister project, Hinkley Point C, is now expected to cost £46 billion, one must not only question the UK’s planning system but also this government’s logic to have already ploughed £2.5 billion of taxpayer funds into a project as risky as Sizewell C.
TASC is appalled that the Office for Nuclear Regulation has granted a nuclear site licence, despite there being no final design of the sea defences needed to keep Sizewell C, sited on one of Europe’s fastest eroding coastlines, safe until all spent fuel is removed from site – now expected to be 2160. The continued uncertainties around funding, lack of permits, growing local opposition offer many opportunities which we are exploring. TASC are reviewing our options, and we are certainly not giving up.”
