The deputy spokesman for Compromís in the Valencian Parliament, Juan Ponce, said that "If you do not want to have a Valencian Fukushima, the Cofrentes nuclear power plant must close next year, the 2021.

It should be remembered that in the last legislature, at the proposal of parliamentary groups that support the Government of the botanist, an inciative was approved for the council to demand the central government to shut down and dismantlement the Cofrentes headquarters. Now, when there is a year for the date of the end of the operation of the Valencian Nuclear, the exploding company of the Suminister, Iberdrola, is maneuvering to lengthen the license until 2030 ". According to Ponce, "We are also with that now Cofrentes has the pools of fuel used in nuclear waste. This means that the waste generated every day, must come from these swimming pools to the individualized Temporary warehouse (MTI) which is located in the open, next to the central one, a little more than a kilometre from the village and about 200 meters from the river Júcar, which Irrigates and gives To drink in the metropolitan area of Valencia and even to a large part of the province. All with the environmental and health risks of the people that this entails. " In addition, "From our parliamentary group we want to transfer our support to the collective Tanquem Cofrents, which is suffering the pressure of Iberdrola after denouncing some members of the entity, taking advantage of the Gdassa law, who hung a banner In the Contreras reservoir, coinciding with the sixth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. These people, two members of Tanquem Cofrentes, now face high fines, while the electric does box and does not cease to enrich at the expense of the risks associated with the functioning of the outdated nuclear plant ", Juan Ponce concluded.

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