Protesters call for Capenhurst nuclear plant to be closed down

Many thanks to Cheshire-Live for this report on 50 year anniversary of enriching uranium at Urenco - in Capenhurst, Cheshire Extract from the report below and full report an be seen here "Urenco’s nuclear plant at Capenhurst this week celebrated 50 years since the government-owned international company was founded .  But outside protesters lamented the damage to …

Putting a Hex on You!

The following are questions that Close Capenhurst are asking - Radiation Free Lakeland agree that this is concerning to say the least.  Capenhurst and Springfields are the beginning of the nuclear fuel chain ....the end is at Sellafield (and dispersed to the environment) The Depleted Uranium Hexaflouride (Hex) Conversion Process - QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS How …

Uranium Hexaflouride: Cheshire’s Hidden Menace STOCKPILED

This Could Not Happen in Leafy Cheshire?  Think again! Our colleagues at CLOSE CAPENHURST  have dared to ask the questions: "How Much Depleted Hex Is At Capenhust ? ? ? How Much Hex ? Uranium Hexafluoride is highly toxic, radioactive, corrosive to most metals, and reacts violently with water. One of the questions we have …

Trains Spotters Encouraged to “Celebrate 20 years” of Nuclear Transport

Yesterday was surreal.  Thousands of train enthusiasts descended on the back road train depot of Kingmoor in Carlisle encouraged by Direct Rail Services  to "celebrate 20 years" in a Charity Open Day.  The £5 entrance fee going to 'charity' i.e. cash strapped local hospitals and good causes that in 'austerity' free days would be funded by government. …

“Celebrating 20 years” of transporting nuclear waste to Sellafield….Really?!

LEAFLETTING AND DEMO 18th July 11am -2 pm Outside the Direct Rail Services Depot Kingmoor Depot Etterby Road, Carlisle , Cumbria CA3 9NZ The fluffy image of the cute bear above  is how Direct Rail Services like to portray themselves. This is far from the truth. The two photographs above were taken by Radiation Free Lakeland within …

Kick Nuclear – Nuclear Industry Forum

A Message from Kick Nuclear to the Nuclear Industry Forum 2015. We are here this morning to again advise you of the error of your ways. Civilian nuclear power was only ever a fig leaf for nuclear bomb making, and civilian nuclear power is no longer either cheap, needed or acceptable. Don't just take our …

Nukiller powered submarine waste? It might be YOU!

Radiation Free Lakeland endorse the statement below by Close Capenhurst A response to the current MOD set of proposals as to where radioactive waste from decommissioned nukiller powered submarines might be stored. The MOD is currently engaged in a public consultation about where to store the radioactive remains of twenty seven decommissioned nukiller powered submarines. …