A PETITION to save the Moorside nuclear plant vision is picking up pace as Sellafield trade unions get behind the campaign to call on the Government to financially invest in the project. Hopes for a £15 billion nuclear power station were left in ruins when Japanese engineering giant Toshiba decided to pull the plug after talks to secure a buyer stalled. It was a decision that dealt a body blow to plans for Cumbria’s financial future, with mass investment across north and West Cumbria hanging on the project’s success.
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