Sizewell C – Wrong Project, Wrong Time, Wrong Place.
Stop Sizewell C has been campaigning on the Suffolk-based twin EPR nuclear reactor project since 2013; first as Theberton and Eastbridge Action Group on Sizewell and, since 2019, as Stop Sizewell C. While our initial concern about Sizewell C focused on the impacts of such a large infrastructure project in a singularly unsuited area, we have since 2019 maintained that Sizewell C is the wrong project, at the wrong time, in the wrong place.
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- Wrong project. In addition to its eye-watering cost – which means its electricity will also be expensive – the EPR reactor has a woeful delivery and operational track record, making it an unreliable energy “solution”. We fully oppose the financing structure of Sizewell C, with a tax – and risk – imposed on households during construction.
- Wrong time. Nuclear gigawatt projects take well over a decade to construct, even without the likely delays with building the EPR, so Sizewell C will not be operational in time to contribute to meaningful target dates to reduce carbon emissions and be a solution to our climate emergency.
- Wrong place. Ironically, coastal nuclear power is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and this is a particular concern at Sizewell. Additionally the Sizewell C site is surrounded by protected wildlife habitats and adjoins internationally famous Minsmere and is wholly within the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape and was opposed by the RSPB and Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Sustainable supplies of drinking-quality water are uncertain and meant the Planning Inspectorate was unable to recommend Sizewell C be granted Planning Consent.
Stop Sizewell C has published a report “Sizewell C, the Unanswered Questions” which draws together what is known, what it is impossible to know, and what the government continues to keep secret about Sizewell C.
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"the thing that sticks in our throats is that...the investors cannot lose. [RAB] puts risk onto energy bill payers, who are the people least in the world able to influence the outcome of a big construction project like #SizewellC."
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"@DaleVince said a new leader should abandon plans to build a #nuclear power station at #SizewellC and cut the budget for Great British Energy. He argued this would generate at least £22bn [including] £14 billion set aside for Sizewell.."
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Has to be said, consideration for locals is not a strong point: "#SizewellC workers blasted for parking in Leiston. Sizewell C workers have been accused of leaving their cars in disabled spaces and clogging side roads...."
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https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/26225320.leistons-changing-landscape-due-sizewell-c-works/
A town's mayor said her high street is very much "open for business" amid traders' concerns that customers are being put off coming due to roadworks associated with Sizewell C.
New photos captured by Mike Page show the changing landscape of the town and its surrounding areas between 2009 and 2026.
Mr Page said: "I never cease to be amazed at the scale of this project for Sizewell C power station.
"Much more destruction of agricultural land and habitat today than there was for the previous two power stations when they were built in the early 60s and 90s.
"I can now say that I have seen A, B and C power stations in various stages of construction."
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https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/26215271.leiston-high-street-pressure-say-shopkeepers/
