Dungeness in Kent has been dropped from a Government list of potential locations for new nuclear power stations.
The location, which was one of eleven sites nominated by industry in March, was not listed in the Department of Energy and Climate Change's draft National Policy Statements consultation, which opened today.
Concerns about how to mitigate potential environmental impacts at the site, coastal erosion and associated flood risk were among the reasons.
The draft Nuclear National Policy Statement named ten locations that had been assessed as potentially suitable for new nuclear deployment by the end of 2025.
These are: Bradwell, Braystones, Hartlepool, Heysham, Hinkley Point, Kirkstanton, Oldbury, Sellafield, Sizewell and Wylfa.

see Government's Site Summary for Dungeness

The new coalition government have decided to hold a completely new round of consultations on new build sites.  
July 2010

It has now emerged that the new Government's final decision on new nuclear build sites will not be made until SPRING 2011 after it has been debated in Parliament. However they still believe that the first generation of new reactors will be ready by 2018!
This AUTUMN there will be a NEW round of consultations on ALL SITES (including Dungeness) as the new Gov. is wary that the previous consultations may have been flawed and they fear a legal challenge from groups such as STOP HINKLEY, STOP SIZEWELL, STOP BRADWELL etc. Had the legal challenge gone ahead I would have recommended that KARE support it and asked for your comments. All the anti nuclear groups (incl KARE) agreed that we were not happy about:
a) the nature of the questions we were being asked to base our consultation replies on AND
b): the omittion of many very relevant environmental and socialogical questions that should have been included to enable the general public to make a full and proper assessment of the decision on new nuclear build in their respective areas.

If the Romans had nuclear power we would
still be guarding their waste!

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Nuclear Power Stations in a Warming World
       Dungeness in Danger      by Dennis Leggett
A comprehensive study of the evolution of the Dungeness headland.
800 years ago the present nuclear power stations' site was over one kilometer out to sea.
Several huge storms in the 13th century dramatically changed the course
of the river Rother and the contours of the headland.
Could it all change dramatically again?

Type in your post code at the Environment Agency's web site
to see how you may be affected by flooding:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
(type post code: TN29 9PP for Dungeness nuclear power station)

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