British nuclear experts are to undertake a detailed study of a Chinese reactor design after ministers decided to go ahead with plans to construct a nuclear power station on the Essex coast. General Nuclear Services, a partnership between the state owned China General Nuclear Power Corporation and EDF, of France, wants to construct the new…
Renewable power will be the fastest—growing fuel source over the next two decades, with output more than quadrupling by 2035, BP believes. This will result in reductions in other sources of fuel. The oil giant expects that wind, solar, biomass and geothermal electricity will account for about 20% of global power generation by 2035. from…
The new wave of British nuclear power stations is in jeopardy after the government announced it would pull out of the European Atomic Energy Community, known as Euratom, which plays a crucial roIe in ensuring compliance with international nuclear safeguards as well as establishing a European market for nuclear goods and services worth tens of…
Radiation levels inside a damaged reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station are at their highest since the plant suffered a triple meltdown almost six years ago. Tokyo Electric Power [Tepco], the plant’s operator, said atmospheric readings of up to 530 sieverts an hour had been recorded inside the containment vessel of reactor No.2,…
As we begin a new year of campaigning against nuclear in general, and Sizewell in particular, it is worth looking back briefly over the past months, which has chronicled some of the worst possible concerns about the integrity of the nuclear industry. As you are aware, Electricitie de France (EdF) owns all the British operating…
In late November the Campaign wrote to the Rt. Hon. Ben Gummer MP who is the Minister at the Cabinet Office responsible for Civil Contingencies. We have asked specifically about cross border emergency preparedness being based on a ‘severe nuclear accident, however unlikely’. At present it is based on a much less severe accident. No…
Information from Greenpeace reveals that the government is about to attack solar power by hitting schools and businesses that invest in solar power with a huge tax hike. This comes one year after the Paris climate deal was agreed by world leaders and Greenpeace have launched a petition urging ministers to rethink government plans for…