12. Short Debate: Atomic dreams: Nuclear power and blind faith in an ageing technology

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:42 pm on 7 December 2022.

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Photo of Mabon ap Gwynfor Mabon ap Gwynfor Plaid Cymru 6:42, 7 December 2022

(Translated)

The state's priority is to have a constant flow of talent going into the nuclear sector in order to be able to maintain its new Dreadnought programme on the banks of the Clyde, and to be able to provide nuclear ships for the AUKUS pact. And, don't forget that Boris Johnson lifted the cap on the number of nuclear weapons here, increasing from 160 to 240. The military budget is not big enough to achieve this, so when agreeing a high strike price for energy from nuclear power stations, billions of pounds of our money, as electricity consumers, will go indirectly to pay for maintaining the military nuclear sector.

Yesterday, we celebrated 40 years of a nuclear-free Wales. Let's stop being part of the Westminster Government's intention to maintain and produce even more destructive nuclear weapons. Let us make a clear statement that Wales will continue to be a nuclear-free Wales, for the good of this nation and for the peace of the people of the world for today and in the future.