After members of TASC had a successful meeting at the end of July with the new minister, Lord Hunt, at The Department for Energy Security & Net Zero nuclear forum, we were understandably disappointed to hear of his ‘secret’ visit to Sizewell. It would have been the perfect opportunity to meet local council members and NGO representatives which even his predecessor had agreed to.
No doubt the Sizewell C team was keen not to have the usual Stop Sizewell C/TASC greeting at the gates of SZB but we are sure there will be other opportunities to meet and greet.
The other surprise was the £5.5 bn promised to the project on top of £2.5bn already committed by the last government, a total of £8bn and still no guarantee of investors. Let’s hope this doesn’t turn into Suffolk’s very own, HS2 disaster.
Meanwhile, TASC has sent two letters to Lord Hunt which can be viewed below. We await replies to both letters.
We urge you to write to your MP or Lord Hunt with your concerns.
