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Blair boosts Wylfa B prospects
Prime Minister Tony Blair has given Wylfa B, the likely new nuclear power station at Wylfa on Anglesey, a boost following comments in Parliament.
Wylfa B did not seem a likely prospect when back in 2003 the then Energy White Paper had taken a sceptical view of a future role for nuclear energy in the UK's future energy policy.
The Prime Minister said that he had changed his mind on this very important aspect of our energy policy. It seems likely the energy review, due out in mid-July, will be favourable to nuclear newbuild as part of a balanced energy policy.
"The fact of what I see happening in energy supply today and my appreciation of the science of climate change... mean for me that nuclear [energy] goes back on the agenda", he said.
To reinforce how energy has shot up the global agenda he pointed out how the mid-July G8 summit in Moscow will have energy as one of its main topics.
"We run a serious risk that some day someone will go into a living room, flick the switch and nothing will happen because we [haven't the capacity] to generate any energy from any source at all", said Mr Darling.
Against such a background and comments by Tony Blair it would appear that prospects Wylfa B on Anglesey are significantly better than even six months ago.
This is particularly significant given the planned closure of the existing Wylfa magnox nuclear power station in 2010.
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