Clarity, Ambivalence or Confusion? An Assessment of Pressure Group Motives at the Hinkley Point 'C' Public Inquiry

Jane Roberts

Energy & Environment, 1991, vol. 2, issue 1, 45-67

Abstract: Interviews with group objectors at the Hinkley 'C' Inquiry sought to ascertain both the level of resources that they were devoting to the Inquiry, and the objectives and expectations of achieving them that the groups held. It is concluded that:- 1. Although groups claimed to be pursuing strategies that were external to the Inquiry process, the nature of the Inquiry limited the success of this approach. 2. he representatives of groups interviewed displayed ambivalence, simultaneously believing participation was worthwhile and that the Inquiry was a sham. 3. Groups' most successful tactic was that of delay through mass objection and participation. The Public Inquiry system may present a formidable obstacle to the implementation of any future UK nuclear power programme.

Date: 1991
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