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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StopSizewellC on X (Twitter)
"you don’t have to be PAC chair Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown to find the “high level of risk” borne by taxpayers and consumers [for #SizewellC] “extraordinary”. Who’d have guessed that Miliband and Reeves could produce something so financially radioactive?"
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"Stop Sizewell C and Prof Steve Thomas of Greenwich Business School have suggested that the cost of abandoning #SizewellC today would be lower than the cost of paying inflated energy bills over 60 years “multiple times over”. "
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Paul Dorfman: British households pay a nuclear tax to fund #SizewellC...With 20yr build times, delays & huge cost overruns, new #nuclear diverts resources from faster options. It is too slow & costly to [solve] our climate & energy crises"
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StopSizewellC on Facebook
“We welcome the Public Accounts Committee’s conclusion that the funding of #SizewellC represents a ‘terrible deal’ for the UK taxpayer, with investors guaranteed generous returns and protection from overspends and overruns, while taxpayers and consumers carry the can on a project that is certain to do both.
“Given the PAC has exposed Sizewell C’s terrible deal, we call on the government to learn from HS2 and cancel Sizewell C now, before any more public money is wasted.
“We believe the savings from forcing households to pay Sizewell C’s inflated electricity prices for 60 years would pay for any abandonment costs at this early stage, multiple times over. These savings should be dedicated to renewables, storage and energy efficiency.”
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and "you don’t have to be the PAC chairman Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown to find the “high level of risk” borne by taxpayers and consumers [for #SizewellC] “extraordinary”. Who’d have guessed that Miliband and Reeves could produce something so financially radioactive?"
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They called on the government to rule out using this funding model for future nuclear projects. “All it offers is a free ride for investors and financial pain for households,” they said in a joint statement."
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