On 5 March 2016 The Telegraph had this strapline. When a supremacist and self-confident organ publishes such stuff, we ought to wonder why. It quoted Naoto Kan thus: “The future existence of Japan as a whole was at stake. Something on that scale, an evacuation of 50 million, it would have been like losing a…
‘The cost of building a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset could rise by nearly £2bn, piling more pressure on the over-stretched finances of the French energy giant EDF, according to a report seen by The Times. An independent analysis of the £18bn project claims that Areva, the French company that developed…
‘Britain and the United States are to conduct a joint exercise testing nuclear plants’ defences against cyberattacks amid increased concerns that terrorists are seeking atomic material. A senior British government source said that intelligence from the recent Brussels attacks had raised fresh concerns about the prospect of nuclear terrorism. A surveillance video of a top…
This second PSR was due in 2015, but has not happened until April 2016 —ONE YEAR LATE. At the time of writing we do not know the results of the review, carried out by EDF under the direction of our so-called nuclear safety body, the government’s Office for Nuclear Regulation – the ONR. We are…
In 2015, the renewables – particularly wind power – generated a massive 25% of the UKs electricity – more than nuclear.
This report comments on the broader political ramifications of the Fukushima disaster, noting that it “triggered many Japanese citizens to rethink their once deferential relationship with state and expert authorities. Fukushima has, in effect, changed the social relationships of Japanese society. This new distrust in authorities has spurred citizen-led science challenging, and protesting against, government…