The future of Britain’s power supply has been jeopardized by Brexit MPs warn, and the government must act urgently to ensure nuclear power stations stay open. The influential business, energy and industrial strategy committee said any gap between the UK leaving a European atomic power treaty and entering into secure alternative deals would “severely inhibit…
The planet’s biggest and most powerful wind turbines have begun generating electricity off the Liverpool coast, cementing Britain’s reputation as a world leader in the technology. Dong Energy, a Danish company, has just finished installing 32 turbines in Liverpool Bay that are taller than the Gherln‘n skyscraper in London. The firm believes these machines herald…
The Chairman gave a review of the year 2016/2017. The first half was good for the nuclear industry: Government signing up for Sizewell C, China proposing investment in nuclear power stations, 3 AP1000 NPSs to be built at Moorcroft, Sellafield by Toshiba. The second half, however – disaster for the nuclear industry: Toshiba’s American subsidiary,…
Neither the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the owners of the plant, nor the Japanese Government, have any idea how to stop the disaster, either to stop the flow of radioactive water into the sea, or to dispose of millions of tons of radioactive materials, water, soil and other items stored in the area, or even…
NFLA media release — for immediate release, 1431 March 2017 NFLA welcomes the ‘Aberystwyth Declaration’ and echoes its call for a ‘Green Nuclear-Free Wales’ The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) Welsh Forum warmly welcomes and fully supports the ‘Aberystwyth Declaration’ made at a packed conference of like-minded groups calling for a step-change in Welsh energy…
A UN committee has asked the UK to suspend work on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset because of the government’s failure to consult with European countries over the project. The UN Economic Commission for Europe said last year that the UK had failed to meet its obligations to discuss the possible…
The Office for Nuclear Regulation together with the Environment Agency have separately published glossy information sheets outlining their proposals for dealing with nuclear wastes now that the Government has adopted dealing with existing and proposed nuclear wastes by geological disposal underground with no intention to retrieve it For the most hazardous wastes this will mean…
Readers of previous Newsletters will know of the fruitless attempts by the Japanese authorities to control and decommission the knocked out nuclear reactors at Fukushima, now some six years ago. ‘About 160,000 people evacuated a large area around the plant, some ordered by the Government to leave restricted areas and others voluntarily from other high…
This was originally posted on the TASC website. In October 2016 Jonathon Porritt was invited to speak at Aldeburgh by TASC. He was joined on stage by the TASC chairman, Pete Wilkinson who was the co-founder of Greenpeace UK, The meeting was very interesting and an audio recording can be found of it here. Jonathon…
Professor Derek Abbott, a physicist and electrical engineer at the University of Adelaide, Australia, shows why the pipedreams of the pro-nuclear propagandists are precisely that. Using a wealth of empirical data illustrating global trends, he ably debunks the pro—nuclear arguments. Beyond Nuclear summarizes some of Prof. Abbotts’ key points: On China: “Nuclear apologists point to…