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Energy: Draft National Policy Statement for Nuclear Power Generation (EN-6)

Let me say one more sentence, as I may pre-empt what the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, is about to say. I do not think that building another power station and putting a whacking big concrete sea defence around it is sustainable. It may stop the shingle from disappearing for a few years, but the reality is that the erosion around these coastal defences is so massive that, if you are not careful, you will end up with a nuclear power station virtually on an island. That is also unsustainable. The expert assessment of the coastal erosion processes at Dungeness is that it is too risky to sustain. I now give way to the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin.