Sizewell B nuclear power plant to operate for another 20 years

Wilson said TASC applauded the goal to phase out fossil fuels, but condemned “the government’s continued reliance on dirty and dangerous nuclear power”.

He said this created a “multi-generational financial and environmental liability”, leaving our descendants with years of flood defence maintenance and the “insurmountable challenge of safe, millennia-long, highly radioactive nuclear waste isolation, amid a changing climate”.

“Global instability and conflicts in Iran and Ukraine have highlighted that nuclear power plants and their waste facilities are highly vulnerable targets, undermining their promise of energy security,” he added.

“Relying on Sizewell B and C for a combined output of 4.4 GW concentrates immense power generation in East Suffolk, making the area a prime target for malicious attacks with potentially catastrophic environmental consequences.

“Furthermore, TASC believes this centralization increases the national grid’s exposure to massive blackouts caused by a single accident or technical failure.”