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Green
Party London Assembly candidate for Brent and Harrow Shahrar Ali and Green
Party Darren Johnson, Green Party
Candidate for Mayor of London is visiting the London Borough of Brent on
18th March at 2.00 p.m. He and Assembly candidate Dr Shahrar Ali will be
calling for an end to nuclear waste being transported through the
Borough of Brent. Trains carrying spent nuclear fuel rods make regular
journeys through London passing through built-up areas on ordinary rail
lines close to housing, schools and businesses. “It is ridiculous that in this
day in age we are still relying on energy from dangerous nuclear power
stations and carting train loads of nuclear waste through densely
populated areas of London. Greens are calling for a complete shut-down
of the nuclear industry, an end to trains carrying nuclear waste and
massive investment in clean and green technology such as solar power,”
said Darren. “People living close to
sidings want to know about their exposure to radioactivity, so that they
can make up their own minds about health risks. Yet the government
recently admitted that neither they, nor their operator, could come up
with a figure for total volume held or transported annually. In other
words, we are dealing with an unknown quantity. In other words, we are
dealing with a public-private initiative,” said Shahrar. “As Mayor I will use my
planning powers to ensure that every new building in London is a zero
emission building. New buildings will be refused planning permission
unless they are fitted with solar panels. Solar technology is not just
for sun-soaked countries - it can be used anywhere from the Arctic to
the Equator,” concluded Darren. |
