Every day for some six years 300 — 400 tonnes of water have washed through the remains of the four nuclear reactors destroyed during the Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011. Some of the water is groundwater that scientists have failed to prevent running through the site, but a lot of it (300 tonnes at…
It might seem strange for us to focus on Hinkley Point in Somerset for our front page story, but what happens at Hinkley will almost certainly have a direct impact on what happens at the nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk in the years to come. This Campaign has always maintained that a new…
Our colleague on the ‘Shut Down Sizewell Campaign’, Peter Lanyon, has been doggedly lobbying ministers for several years to recognise the higher nuclear safety standards in Europe, as detailed in the ‘Herca-Wenra’ strategy for better cross border co-ordination. Following further correspondence this year between the Campaign Chairman, Charles Barnett, and the ‘Department of Business, Energy…
So dangerous is the crippled nuclear plant at Fukushima that it is only safe for a remote-controlled robot to enter the damaged reactor. Plant operator ‘Tokyo Electric Power Company’ (Tepco) said that the robot has been able to capture views of the underwater damage caused by the melted fuel. Mari Yamaguchi of the Associated Press…
As we enter our thirty-first year as an organisation campaigning against nuclear power, there has never been a more appropriate time to remind Ourselves why our Campaign remains so important. Over several years, the Campaign hasbeen meeting with the UK nuclear regulators, and it has been lobbying Ministers and MP3 concerning safety regulations in the…
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…