Graphite cracking continued cause for concern on day Hinkley Point B closes

There is no triumphalism at the closure of Hinkley Point B while other Advanced Cooled Reactors remain in operation with cracked graphite - including at Heysham. Nuclear Free Local Authorities PRESS RELEASE 1st August 2022 Graphite cracking continued cause for concern on day Hinkley Point B closes Today (10am, 1 August) Reactor 3 at the …

“Clean” Nuclear is a Fraudulent Scam, Trading Standards Told, on Anniversary of Chernobyl

Campaigners Outside the "Clean Energy Technology Park" which is the UK's Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing site 3 miles from the centre of Preston Press Notice to Local and National Media... "Clean" Nuclear is a Fraudulent Scam, Trading Standards Told by Hundreds on Anniversary of Chernobyl Disaster Hundreds of people have signed a PETITION calling on Trading …

BBC Cons the Public with Reports of “Sadness as Somerset nuclear power station nears closure” Tell us the Truth

BBC Report The following is a Guest Blog by Jim Duffy former co-ordinator of Stop Hinkley republished with permission from a social media post. This lifts the veil on Hinkley Point B in a way that the BBC are wilfully neglecting to do. "No sadness on my part. It all started badly with bodged welds …

The Only Green Nuclear Reactor is The Sun. Enough with the EU Greenwashing of Nuclear.

Solen (the Sun) was painted by Norwegian Edvard Munch (1863-1944). The sun's core is white, while the rays emanating from the sun's core are painted in golden yellow. The brilliance of the sun is awesome and the only nuclear reactor in the world which can be described as 'green'. There are only a few months …

Tim Farron Strongly Opposes New Nuclear- Good! But …. Action against this New Nuclear Madness is needed

Lakeland Nuclear Crime Scene - "Moorside" would be paid for by You! Last week Tim Farron MP sent the following reply to Radiation Free Lakeland when we urged him to vote NO to the public paying for new nuclear build in the Nuclear Financing Bill yesterday. Our MP's opposition to new nuclear is heartening. But …

Government Want YOU to Pay for New Nuclear

Thanks to CND for this information: The government is trying to force through controversial new legislation which will make consumers bankroll the nuclear power industry, whilst giving them no protection from spiralling costs. This will force thousands more families into fuel poverty.  The electricity generated from nuclear power is double the costs of renewables. Nuclear …

Identical Problems as that at China’s Taishan nuclear plant Predicted for all EDF’s Reactors – Time to Stop Hinkley!

Computer generatated view of an EPR nuclear power station This is translated from the French Press : "The incident that led in July to the shutdown of a reactor at the EPR nuclear power plant in Taishan (China) would be due to a design defect of the vessel, say the CRIIRAD which warns of the …

Worker safety before corporate profits! —

By MIKE ALEWITZ  REMEMBERING KAREN SILKWOOD (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) Karen Silkwood died in 1974 under suspicious circumstances while traveling to a meeting with a reporter investigating unsafe conditions at a Kerr-McGee plutonium fuel plant in Oklahoma. These are excerpts from the dedication speech ....Worker safety before corporate profits! — By MIKE …

What Does Building A Nuclear Power Station Mean for CO2 Emissions As We Near COP26 ?

The Following Extract is from The Ecologist's Nuclear Dossier of 2006 - What Has CONveniently Been Unlearnt About Nuclear New Build Since Then? Quite a Lot! Many thanks to The Ecologist for their 2006 Nuclear Dossier written by Jon Hughes - the following extract relates to CO2 emissions from construction - which although mind numbingly …

Lincolnshire Mobilising Against GDF Possibility Which Would Deter House Buyers (and much else besides)

**Radioactive Waste: Solidarity with Lincolnshire** A Lincolnshire estate agent has warned that plans for a radioactive waste storage facility in Theddlethorpe are causing people to reconsider buying houses in the area, and has urged for the proposals to be scrapped. News of the plans came in late July, when Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) confirmed it …