{"id":15850,"date":"2018-08-01T17:03:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T16:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=15850"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:58:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:58:19","slug":"moorside-nuclear-power-station-clarity-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=15850","title":{"rendered":"Clarity call"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>A clarion call for clarity on the future of the Moorside nuclear power station in Cumbria on which thousands of jobs will depend has been made by Unite today (August 1).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite is seeking an urgent meeting with business secretary Greg Clark to chart a speedy way forward, including the commitment of public money.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt is vital for the Cumbrian economy in the decades ahead that we have crystal clear clarity on the future of this project,&#8221; said Unite acting national officer for energy Peter McIntosh.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThousands of highly skilled jobs in construction and operations, once it is up and running, are dependent on this going ahead in a timely fashion. It will be a powerhouse, literally, for the regional economy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe are seeking a meeting with business secretary Greg Clark to flesh out the details of the government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s approach. Such a meeting has become more urgent following the news that 100 staff working on the project have been laid off.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnderpinning the future success of Moorside will be a government commitment to provide the necessary and appropriate public investment.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite national officer for construction Bernard McAulay\u00c2\u00a0added,\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u015bMinisters, the private sector and the unions must work together to ensure the successful outcome of Moorside.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis is vital to delivering on existing and future construction skills\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 requirements to construct the next generation of the UK Energy programme to meet the future energy needs in delivering the low carbon environment that the British government has signed up to.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Toshiba has been trying to sell its stake in NuGen, a UK nuclear company, after French company ENGIE pulled out. South Korean state-owned company Kepco is in the frame as a buyer, but there have been delays in the sale process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once built, Moorside is predicted to provide seven per cent of the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s electricity needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A clarion call for clarity on the future of the Moorside nuclear power station in Cumbria on which thousands of jobs will depend has been made by Unite today (August 1). &nbsp; Unite is seeking an urgent meeting with business secretary Greg Clark to chart a speedy way forward, including the commitment of public money. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[54,852,127],"wps_subtitle":"Unite seeks urgent meeting over future of Moorside nuclear power station","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15850"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26004,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15850\/revisions\/26004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}