New Sizewell C nuclear power station poses threat to rare birds, says National Trust
A new nuclear power station planned for the Suffolk coast would threaten rare wildlife on protected heathland, according to the National Trust.
It has condemned EDF's application, expected to be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate tomorrow, to build twin reactors at Sizewell in a project that the French state-controlled company says would supply enough low carbon electricity for six million homes, or 7 per cent of UK power.
The trust owns Dunwich Heath, 140 acres of lowland heathland that is one of Britain's rarest habitats and is home to a breeding population of endangered stone curlews.
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