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Nuclear Power Plans Would Be A Misjudgement Of Seismic Proportions12.00.00am BST (GMT +0100) Wed 25th May 2005 Norman Baker MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow DEFRA Secretary, responding to the first speech by new Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks MP today on renewable energy, said: "The re-commitment to expanding renewable energy is welcome, but Britain still lags behind in Europe with still less than 4% of our electricity being generated from renewable sources. "The Government should set a target for 2020 of 20% of our electricity to be generated by renewables. Wind power can play a part, but shouldn't be relied upon alone. "Nuclear power is hopelessly uneconomic, and a new generation of power stations would only be possible with a massive subsidy from the taxpayer. Resorting to nuclear power would be a generational misjudgement of seismic proportions. It is superficially attractive but fatally flawed."
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