Britain would have saved £1 billion a year by ditching Hinkley C in favour of less risky schemes. ‘The new analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit finds that a mix of policies and technologies that are already in use could add the 3.2 gigawatts of capacity – about 7% of Britain’s needs –…
A huge offshore wind farm with 300 turbines, each taller than the Gherkin skyscraper in London, has been given the goahead. Greg Clerk, the business secretary, gave planning permission to the Homsea wind project, which will sit 55 miles off the Yorkshire coast and become the world’s biggest marinetbased wind farm. When completed, the Hornsea…
In response to our request we have received from the Sizewell B Station Director a copy of the Office for Nuclear Regulation’ 5 Project Assessment Report Licence to operate Sizewell B for a further ten years together with accompanying technical reports in support of that decision. All the way through the reports is the qualifying…
‘Radioactive contamination in the seabed off the Fukushima coast is hundreds of times above pre.2011 levels, while contamination in local rivers is up to 200 times higher than ocean sediment, according to results from Greenpeace japan survey work released on july 21. Ai Kashiwagi, Energy Campaigner at Greenpeace japan, said: “These river samples were taken…
Letter published in the ”East Anglian Daily Times” 1ST August 2016 “Sir, The decision made by EDF to proceed with the building of Hinkley C is a manifest disaster at a number of different levels. Firstly, the costs are totally unrealistic, estimated to be £18bn which is double the original budget and at a unit…
‘Power Company admits Fukushima cover-up. Bosses of the Tokyo Electric Power Company have admitted covering up the scale of the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in March 2011. The company took two months to own up to the meltdown of three reactors after an earthquake and tsunami. In a report it now says that…
‘The Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century has released ‘Renewables 2016: Global Status Report. The report notes that 2015 was an “extraordinary” year for renewable energy. “Renewables are now established around the world as mainstream sources of energy. Rapid growth, particularly in the power sector, is driven by several factors, including the improving…
This review, carried out by EDF under the direction of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ON R] has been completed. The ONR has given its approval ~ including to the return to service of the Reactor Pressure Vessel after the testing of its structural integrity to the latest safety standards……Sizewell B is now back in…
In late June, three members of the Shut Down Sizewell Campaign met in London with top members of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR): Dr. Richard Savage, the Chief Nuclear Inspector; Donald Urquhart, the Head of Emergency Preparedness and Gareth Thomas the Lead Specialist for Offsite Emergency Planning. The meeting was arranged following a failure…
The Campaign recently wrote to the ‘East Anglian Daily Times’ (EADT) concerning the official opening of the £200m dry fuel storage facility at Sizewell B. This new development is in part because the current ponds at Sizewell B are at near capacity and in part because there are no Geological Disposal Facilities (GDF) anywhere in…