Petition · past parliament
Moorside, new nuclear plant should not be funded by Government.
Closed
527 signatures
What the petition asks
Cumbria already has the intolerable burden of Sellafield. A major accident involving the liquid high level waste would have catastrophic consequences. Any dangerous development near to Sellafield would make a major accident more likely. Private developers cannot afford to underwrite this risk.
"Replacing the output of the shelved new nuclear plants at Wylfa, Moorside and Oldbury with renewables would be 13-33% cheaper, including the costs of balancing variable output, according to quickfire analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit.....
Note that reductions in per-capita electricity generation have saved the UK the equivalent of four Hinkley Cs of demand since 2005
https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-can-the-uk-meet-its-climate-goals-without-the-wylfa-nuclear-plant
Note that reductions in per-capita electricity generation have saved the UK the equivalent of four Hinkley Cs of demand since 2005
https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-can-the-uk-meet-its-climate-goals-without-the-wylfa-nuclear-plant
Timeline
| 31 Jan 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 31 Jul 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
527
Status
Closed
Opened
31 Jan 2019
Closed
31 Jul 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.