Opposition to the nuclear option not based on logic

THE recent report on the World Energy Outlook for 2009 from the OECD’s International Energy Agency highlighted the need for greater energy efficiency and “green growth” – including nuclear as well as renewable energy.

For the members of BENE (Better Environment with Nuclear Energy) this was a very welcome confirmation by a highly respected international organisation of our long-held belief that nuclear energy is “green” and without it the world cannot avoid a very bleak future.

We have written and spoken widely on the need for the Government to revoke its present legal prohibition on the use of nuclear energy for the generation of electricity (Electricity Generation Act, 1999) and to engage experts without delay to examine the feasibility of its adoption in Ireland.