Blair angry at cost of decommissioning nuclear reactors

Title

Blair angry at cost of decommissioning nuclear reactors

Genre

Interview

TX Date

17 Oct 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:26

Description

Shadow Energy Secretary Tony Blair says a leaked copy of a speech by Lord Marshall, the head of National Power, shows the cost of dealing with waste from decommissioning the Magnox nuclear reactors has now doubled. He says it’s unfair that the public should bear the burden of this and the privatisation deal should be scrapped. Male interviewer not identified. For Update programme.

Contributors

Tony Blair

Keywords

Nuclear energy; Privatization; Nuclear power stations; Radioactive wastes; Nuclear reactors; Update (radio programme); Lord Marshall

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