Nuclear Waste

Part of Energy and Climate Change – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 5 November 2009.

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Photo of David Kidney David Kidney Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Energy and Climate Change 10:30, 5 November 2009

The hon. Gentleman must make a distinction between the historical cost, which we as a nation are picking up and our taxpayers are paying, and the future cost, which we will require the energy companies to cover in their propositions. They will make the decision whether it is economic to go forward on that basis, and so far some of those companies have made decisions totalling £13 billion of investment in new nuclear in this country.