Seismic Warnings – if not now when will the Govnt Scrap Hinkley C ?

Letter below sent to national and Bristol press following another seismic warning this week - unpublished as far as I know so...here it is. Image from New Civil Engineer Seismic Warnings - if not now when will the Government Scrap Hinkley C ? This week there was yet another earthquake recorded in the Bristol area.  …

Tim Farron MP: Essential Nuclear Construction of WMD? No it isn’t!

Dear Tim, Thank you for your reply to our concerns. We urge you to drop the false and dangerous label of "essential construction" for Trident and Hinkley Point C. We agree with your call for non essential work to cease to halt the spread of COVID19. This is however meaningless if the Government's own mega …

No Lockdown for Nuclear Construction Projects – Trident, Sellafield, Hinkley C

While the country is locked down to protect us from Covid19, the government's nuclear projects continue. These include construction of nuclear submarines, construction on the Sellafield site (new gas plant and more) and the continued construction of Hinkley C. If Moorside had not been scrapped there would be an influx of thousands of workers ensconced …

Nuclear Industry Says #StayHomeSaveLives..Unless Building New NUKILLER

The video from Sellafield of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary - well there is nothing sinister about it at all (?!). The text says "We stand together today and everyday. CNC and @mitie Civilan Guard Force are proud to #ClapForOurCarers #StayHome #COVID2019 #StayHomeSaveLives #StrongerTogether #EmergencyServices @TimNeedham10 @nuclearpolice @SellafieldLtd @BBC_Cumbria" So why are the nuclear industry continuing …

Hinkley C Mothballed – Is it in its Death Throes?

The excellent news service No2Nuclear Power looks at Hinkley C and asks : "Is it in its death throes" "Two very recent articles in Click Green and Professional Engineer indicate that Hinkley Point C is now officially mothballed. Indeed the project seems to be in its death throes. We already knew that site preparation work …

Nuclear “Too Expensive to Generate” Paul Flynn MP in the House of Commons Today

Many thanks to Paul Flynn MP for pointing out the truth about nuclear :too expensive to generate. Meanwhile DECCs platitudes and nuclear spin are breathtaking Westminster Hall Wednesday 17 June 2015 [Mr Peter Bone in the Chair] New Nuclear Power http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/commons/todays-commons-debates/read/unknown/377/ 11 am Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab): I beg to move, That this House …

Many Thanks to Austria! They are standing up to the Nuclear Mafia

You may have read in the press that Austria is making a principled stand against new nuclear build in the UK.  We have written to the Austrian Ambassador to thank him.  It would encourage the Austrians in their courageous stance if more people were to write. Please feel free to use the letter below as a template to …

Yesterday at Hinkley – Nuclear Waste – Return to Sender!

A message from our friends at Hinkley ...... "A group from the South West went to return nuclear waste to Hinkley Point today, in solidarity with the people of Cumbria. They verified that there is definite construction work going on at Hinkley Point, as reported by the monthly Witch Watch. This work, we are told …

Today at Hinkley “Return to Sender” Nuclear Waste Barrels

*Santa Claus to protest at Hinkley Nuclear Power Station* On Thursday 11th December, protesters dressed as Santa Claus and as giant drums of radio-active waste will descend on Hinkley Nuclear Power Station in Somerset in a *RETURN TO SENDER*protest. The aim of their visit will be to return unwanted Christmas presents .. radio-active waste. Protesters …

BBC Pro Nuclear Propaganda ratcheted up on Hinkley C while the biggest earth eaters in Europe move in

Friday's You and Yours Programme on BBC Radio 4 is characterised by investigative journalism, often having a go at corporate nasties on behalf of the consumer. Not this Friday though.... This Friday, You and Yours managed to be a mouthpiece for what sounded like an EDF PR campaign, without even asking them the obvious questions that any intelligent …