Image: taken today in Ackenthwaite. This is the south side of Cumbria and like the village of Beckermet (Moorside) on the west side, is not in the Lake District (The Lake District National Park is an artificial construct about the same age as the nuclear industry!) The mountains between give the South Lakes a false …
https://youtu.be/xg5yw2f30l0 Is it OK to have radiocaesium and transuranics in a childrens area on the beach? Sellafield and the UK regulators think so. Last thursday Radiation Free Lakeland were invited to Cleator Moor Civic Hall for the West Cumbria Site Stakeholder meeting (Environment and Health). We have deliberately shunned these meetings thinking that they are …
Sellafield from Corney Fell - Photo Radiation Free Lakeland Excellent News Update below from the South West with a Big Picture Outlook. If you would like to subscribe to Nikki's Updates and Analysis please email nikkijones5@hotmail.com Beyond all the heat, fires, drought, mudslides and other catastrophes of the last few weeks, perhaps the overwhelming change …
An urgent request has been sent to Sellafield to monitor and retrieve radioactive particles from St bees beach ahead of Cumbria Wildlife Trust"s 'Beached Art' day. Sellafield have treated this straightforward request under Freedom of Information rules which means that there will not be a reply for at least a month and then we may …
Continue reading Radioactive Sand Sculptures by Cumbria Wildlife Trust?
Look what was happening this sunday in leafy Cheshire! Who knew?? The STOP URENCO Declaration was read out by dedicated folk who would hesitate to call themselves Protectors. That is what they are though in a BIG way. They made the journey to Capenhurst in Cheshire to remind us all that enough is enough of …
Continue reading Enriching the Future with Uranium? No Thanks!
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 …
