Images: Springfields makes all the UKs nuclear fuel (and overseas too) / Nukiller Waste is Too Much to Bear / Containers of Uranium Hexaflouride stacked up at the Springfields site (Springfields is on the same narrow country road proposed for fracking vehicles to Roseacre wood) NUKILLER WASTES MADE IN PRESTON: TOO MUCH TO BEAR Thursday …
Today the Prince of Wales unveiled a plaque in Keswick to celebrate the Lake District being awarded World Heritage Site status. Campaigners from Radiation Free Lakeland were at the event, dressed in a barrel of nuclear waste, as Prince Charles arrived. Radiation Free Lakeland have said: "World Heritage Site status for the Lake District is …
Film - "Fighting for Gemma" Today is International Women's Day "a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities." There are many such women in the anti-nuclear movement. …
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https://youtu.be/M1dzDFvtMTc On this day in Carlisle Cumbria County Council voted NO to the proposed Geological 'Disposal' Facility for intermediate and high level nuclear wastes. Government however is desperate to be seen to have a "final plan" for nuclear wastes. This is so that they can make more, ever hotter, with dangerous new fuel burnt in …
Continue reading Today Five Years Ago – The Dump Was Ditched!
Many Thanks to Residents Action on Fylde Fracking for their much welcomed support. It was such a relief to see people put their concerns into action to stand with us in resisting the nuclear juggernaught. RAFFs report is the only one to date in either the alternative or mainstream media to give voice to the …
West Cumbrian Radiation Free Lakelanders had a stall at last saturday's beautiful setting of the Wasdale Show. There was lots of interest in the Stop Moorside petition which has now been signed by over 8300 people. There was also huge interest in the ongoing Resistance to the insanity of making Cumbria an ever expanding and increasingly …
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Dear Friends, I am going to be taking a break from Radiation Free Lakeland until 2016 in order to support my daughter Rebecca who is about to undergo a stem cell transplant. The fantastic Radiation Free Lakeland Facebook group can be found here. I will pop in from time to time on the Facebook group …
https://www.facebook.com/marianne.birkby/videos/10206569926876330/?l=8712274064033970162 NuGen CONsultation in Kendal The Cumberland News reported yesterday in sycophantic mode on the "Fantastic" Feedback over Moorside Nuclear Power Station Plans. The article looks like it was pulled straight from NuGen PR Man (formerly Copeland Borough Council's Lead Planning Officer) Fergus McMorrow's press release and goes on to say: "Fergus McMorrow, NuGen’s planning lead in …
Continue reading DANGEROUS GAMES: Nuclear Fantasies …local press play along with nuclear developers
STOP MOORSIDE! North Cumbria CND, Cumbria and Lancashire Area CND and Radiation Free Lakeland are holding a series of events to protest against the building of nuclear reactors in Cumbria. These events are timed to run alongside and inform the NuGen Moorside Consultation. NuGen, a UK nuclear company, is a joint venture between Toshiba and ENGIE (formerly GDF SUEZ) bidding …
To dump nuclear waste, first they must dump democracy! Article in the Ecologist - 2nd April In the last act of the dying Parliament, MPs quietly voted to dump democratic planning processes to expedite a 'facility' for the high level nuclear waste in geologically fractured Cumbria, writes Marianne Birkby - so over-ruling strong and highly …
Continue reading The Ecologist: To Dump Nuclear Waste, First They Must Dump Democracy!
