The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) has joined with its European partner groups, the Cities for a Nuclear Free Europe (CNFE) and the Alliance of Regions for Phasing out Nuclear Power in Europe, in issuing a joint letter to the Board of Governors and the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB), calling on excluding the support of nuclear energy from its lending criteria. The three organisations include towns, cities, county, island and regional communities from across Europe who remain highly concerned with aging nuclear facilities and are opposed to the development of new nuclear facilities. The three organisations strongly support an energy mix of renewable energy, smart energy, energy efficiency and energy storage. CNFE President, Ulli Sima, said: “It is unacceptable, that we still have to explain, over and over, that nuclear power is far from carbon neutral. Moreover, Europe would make itself dependent of foreign imports of uranium, while at the same time we have plenty of alternative energy sources within our own countries. Nuclear energy includes a high risk for the health of the present and future European population. We hope that the EIB understands that it is unacceptable that public money will be used for increasing the risk of a nuclear incident in Europe.”
NFLA 14th Aug 2019 read more »