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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sandra Laville

Sizewell C nuclear plant approval faces legal challenge

People join campaign groups Stop Sizewell C and Together Against Sizewell C in a protest march
People join campaign groups Stop Sizewell C and Together Against Sizewell C in a protest march and rally from Leiston to Sizewell in Suffolk, opposing the building of the Sizewell C nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast this year. Photograph: Gregg Brown/PA

Campaigners have begun a legal challenge against the government’s decision to give the Sizewell C nuclear power station the go-ahead amid warnings that UK nuclear plants will be on the frontline of climate breakdown.

Citing the threat to water supplies in an area officially designated as seriously water stressed, the threats to coastal areas from climate change and environmental damage, the challenge is the first step in a judicial review of the planning consent.

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