Easter – a time of nest building, the sparrows choose carefully..

a message from Slough ...... "Choosing where human habitations are to be built has always been a serious business, and our ancestors took a great deal of care to ensure that the chosen site would not only be safe from any dangerous features, but that it should also actively promote a healthy life for those …

Morecambe Bay – Headspace where there should be Opposition to Nuclear

View of the Viaduct across Morecambe Bay where nuclear waste travels across en-route to Sellafield DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE THE MORECAMBE BAY PARTNERSHIP AGM Last tues a few members of Radiation Free Lakeland held a protest outside the Morecambe Bay Partnership conference. Comments from people attending the meeting included "what are you doing outside? Nuclear is so …

Science magazine “Nature” displays Unnatural bias for Dump

Following Cumbria County Council's rational decision to say no to the geological dumping of high level nuclear waste under Cumbria, Nature, the prestigious science mag, produced an editorial which could have been written by nuclear spin doctors. http://www.nature.com/news/in-a-hole-1.12361 Here is Professor David Smythe's letter of rebuttal published on 28th Feb in Nature.... Nuclear-waste site geology …

Radioactive Y-fronts and the limits of Parliamentary scrutiny

Last week Open Democracy/Our Kingdom published an article highlighting the outsourcing of Sellafield's dirty laundry. Today the Sellafield press office confirm that there has been "an interruption to the sites water supply" and that the situation is ongoing. This no doubt means that Sellafield will be sending its backlog of "non active" dirty laundry out …

Everything OK in Morecambe Bay! Just the pesky pylons!

Tomorrow Radiation Free Lakeland will be holding a demonstration outside the Morecambe Bay Partnership AGM in Grange from 9 till 10 - No to Moorcide - No to Heysham - no nuclear build - no nuclear waste!- VENUE: Victoria Hall, Grange over Sands - nr the railway station http://morecambebayagm2013.eventbrite.co.uk/ We have asked to speak at …

Breaking! Sellafield, the BBC and EURDEP lie to cover up contamination incident! Irish coast hit!

Below is analysis of the situation at Sellafield from Sean at nuclear-news Some thoughts on the likely scenario concerning the latest emergency at the Sellafield nuclear site. I have been asked to make some comment on the possible problems that have occurred at Sellafield where the workers had to don gas masks and vacate the …

Last Friday there was a problem – this Friday there is shut down

Last Friday a broken pipe at Sellafield caused disruption to water supply. Sellafield quickly issued a statement to quash rumours that the incident was affecting the whole site with workers needing decontamination scrubs being held in decontamination units because there was no water for showers, washing, toilets etc. This was denied by Sellafield in a …

Did comic art save Cumbria from the nuclear dump?

The article below is published on the excellent Open Democracy/Our Kingdom website http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/marianne-birkby/did-comic-art-save-cumbria-from-nuclear-dump Did comic art save Cumbria from the nuclear dump? MARIANNE BIRKBY 21 March 2013 Earlier this year, Cumbria county council woke up to the reality behind decades of government propaganda and nuclear industry spin and rejected a plan to bury radioactive waste …

Liar Liar Nuclear Pants on Fire

The BBC continue to warm the cockles of nuclear cheerleaders hearts with misleading propaganda or it could be that they are genuinely confused between ENERGY and ELECTRICITY. Today government gave the thumbs up to EDF's obscene ambitions at Hinkley. If nuclear could meet ALL OUR ENERGY 'needs' rather than a pitiful FEW PERCENT of our …

Tim Farron has agreed to ask Ed Davey questions on deep dumping of nuclear waste

Tim Farron will meet with Ed Davey today to ask questions posed by Radiation Free Lakeland. Noises are being made by DECC and some nuclear cheerleaders in Copeland and Allerdale suggesting that a "new process" may be banged down on the table to keep Cumbria in the running for a nuke dump. Given Cumbria's reaffirmed …