Following the release of the Jackson Consulting Report which suggested Harwell/Didcot as a potential site for a new nuclear power plant, Tory, LibDem and Labour County Councillors failed to back a Green Party motion ruling out a new South Oxfordshire nuclear power plant. Instead, the Council backed a LibDem motion which merely asked for 'more information' on the impacts a new nuclear power plant would have on County Council delivered services.

Says Green County Councillor Craig Simmons, who proposed the motion, "This is a missed opportunity to send a strong message to Government on the poor suitability of the Harwell/Didcot area as a location for a new nuclear power station. Tis is a decision with future generations may well come to regret"

FMI

Cllr. Craig Simmons

Green Group

Oxford City Council (St. Mary's Ward)

Oxfordshire County Council (East Oxford Division)

41 Magdalen Road, Oxford OX4 1RB

Tel: 01865 202257