ePolitix.com Stakeholders comment on the High Court ruling which overturned the government's consultation process on nuclear power stations.

The Department of Trade and Industry has insisted that its decision was "right in principle".

Stakeholder Response: Amicus

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A spokesman said: "Amicus are committed to the need for a full and comprehensive review of all methods of generation including nuclear, clean coal and other alternatives without any prevarication over the issues.

"We believe that the planning process is in dire need of substantial reform to enable its decisions to be accelerated.

"That said any proposed project should receive a far-reaching inquiry into all the issues including the environmental impact and national demand at a national level, with the local enquiry focused on the normal questions of access, visual impact, etc. "

Stakeholder Response: Nuclear Industry Association

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Nuclear Industry Association chief executive Keith Parker said: "The facts of energy supply in the UK are not altered by this judgement. We still face increasing insecurity in our energy supplies and rising greenhouse gas emissions.

"Nuclear helps us keep the lights on and as a low carbon generator helps to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.

"What this ruling may do however is to delay action to deal with these problems which with a generating gap approaching in the next decade, can not be good for the national interest."