A Green Party Nuclear Power Policy
fit for the 21st Century
We are members of the Green Party of England & Wales who oppose, and seek to amend the following Green Party Policy on Nuclear Power:
EN014: Nuclear power, coal and incineration of waste will be phased out.
We believe that the increasingly urgent need to deal decisively with our emerging climate crisis makes continued opposition to nuclear energy irrational for environmentalists, and reduces our chances of averting a climate catastrophe.
We therefore oppose the early decommissioning of existing nuclear reactors, unless it can be shown that continued use of any given plant is a present threat to human life, the environment or property.
We support the research and development of new advanced nuclear power technologies, and the continued use of existing nuclear power plants until each power plant reaches end-of-life.
We are not anti-renewables, and where topography, geography and climate permit, we strongly advocate the deployment of renewables where a positive local environmental case is made.
We therefore respectfully urge our fellow Green Party members to approach the nuclear power debate with an open mind, and not fall victim to the ‘easy way out’ of dogmatic, hard-wired anti-nuclear ideology, or the simple prejudice of the availability heuristic.
Our aim is to advocate for, and promote clean, safe, reliable nuclear power within the party until we reach critical mass and succeed in bringing a motion at conference to amend Green Party clause EN014, to adopt nuclear power as part of an ambitious new Green Party clean energy policy that is fit for the 21st Century
