The Independent on Sunday reported this week that the British Government held at least nine secret meetings at Downing Street with the bosses of nuclear energy companies while it formulated controversial plans for a new generation of the power plants.
Heysham Power Station is just one possible location for a new nuclear reactor: plans have been mooted before, although this has consistently been denied in the past couple of years.
The IOS says no official records were kept of the discussions with the companies, which stand to profit from Gordon Brown’s announcement last Thursday that he was approving a new generation of nuclear power plants.
The Government initially tried to block details of the meetings requested under the Freedom of Information Act. Read the full story on the IOS web site