Cumbria County council has given a resounding 'No' to creating an underground nuclear waste dump in the Lake District.
This has massive implications for the construction plans in the pipeline for new nuclear in areas in the Wales 'fall out' zones of Wylfa B on Anglesey and Hinckley C just 20 miles from Newport.
Pippa Bartolotti, Wales Green Party Leader said today, "The Cumbrian decision means that there is now nowhere in the UK to store these dangerous by-products of the nuclear process -- toxins which will remain highly volatile for many thousands of years before being considered safe.
"The people of Wales don't want to store these highly radioactive wastes. No-one does. Cumbria was the only county in Britain prepared to entertain the idea, and now they have decided against doing so.
"We call on the Welsh government to withdraw all support for a new nuclear plant at Wylfa. If our commitment to sustainable development is meaningful, then let's get on with it and start putting serious funding into true renewables such as those being developed in the University of Glamorgan at Baglan Energy Park where solar energy is being converted to hydrogen which is already powering cars and buses in Swansea."
Pippa Bartolotti is Leader of the Wales Green Party