Image: George Monbiot Nukiller Greenwash Award 2022 - Copeland and Allerdale Borough Councils Dear Copeland and Allerdale Borough Councillors, To mark the anniversary of the 1957 Windscale [ Sellafield ] fire in Cumbria, the Close Capenhurst Campaign and Radiation Free Lakeland have awarded the second George Monbiot Nukiller Greenwashing Award to Copeland and Allerdale Borough …
PRESS RELEASE Springfields Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing Plant Wins the first George Monbiot Nukiller Greenwash award. To mark the anniversary of the 1957 Windscale [ Sellafield ] fire in Cumbria, the Close Capenhurst Campaign and Radiation Free Lakeland have awarded the first George Monbiot Award to the Springfields Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing plant in Lancashire. George Monbiot …
This letter was published in the Whitehaven News on September 1st - it features a poem by Millom Poet, Norman Nicholson. A poem which was frequently taught in Cumbrian Schools before the fakery of "clean" "green" nuclear. David Moore's fizzing enthusiasm for new nuclear "Nuclear is key to clean energy for the future" Whithaven News …
Continue reading Hell in a Grain of Sand: Millom Poet Norman Nicholson Had it Right.
On the anniversary of the Windscale disaster and in the midst of the building of a new gas plant especially for Sellafield, the North West Evening Mail publishes a press release from the nuclear industry touting the 'Rediscover Nuclear' campaign. Some of the laughable descriptions include "homegrown" "safe" "low carbon". Each of these claims is …
On Thursday we remembered the 62nd Anniversary of the Windscale Fire - which was fuelled by the Springfields Nuclear Fuel plant just over 5 miles from the Cuadrilla frack site. While we were there, locals told us about the earthquakes that were felt at the Springfields site as a result of fracking nearby. This …
A Photo from 1978 - When Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace vehemently and actively opposed Windscale and the manufacture of plutonium for bombs. 10,000 people demonstrated in London against Windscale's expansion and the continuing nuclear agenda. In 1981 Windscale was renamed Sellafield. REMEMBER WINDSCALE - Join us on 10th Oct 2pm …
TO REMEMBER THE FIRST NUCLEAR DISASTER IN THE UK - WINDSCALE JOIN US AT THE GATES OF HELL - SPRINGFIELDS NUKILLER FUELS - FUELLING THE NEXT NUCLEAR DISASTER (AND "ROUTINE" CONTAMINATION) Meet outside Springfields Nuclear Fuels - 2pm 10th October to REMEMBER WINDSCALE. The nearest Train station is Salwick - not far from Preston. …
Continue reading REMEMBER WINDSCALE AT SPRINGFIELDS NUKILLER FUEL PLANT 10th Oct 2pm
Today folk from Radiation Free Lakeland and Close Capenhurst remembered the 61st anniversary of the Windscale Fire. During 10–11th October, 1957 A serious fire developed in the core of a nuclear reactor at Windscale Works, Sellafield, northwest England, which led to the release of significant quantities of radioactive material into the environment over a …
Continue reading Remembering Windscale, Outside the Gates where #NuclearMudness is made
Monday outside the Springfields Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing plant to remember the Windscale Fire, the first major nuclear disaster in the UK. Springfields Near Preston is where the diabolic nuclear fuel was made and is still being made. We remember the voluntary bravery of the Windscale workers and the involuntary bravery of all those unacknowledged babies, …
Advance notice of just some of the events taking place to Remember the Windscale Fire of 1957 9th October 1pm: Banner Making Event at Maple Farm with opportunity to hear from nuclear activists about Preston’s key role in fuelling the Windscale Fire in Pile 1. 9th October 3.30 pm Vigil at Springfields (with freshly minted …
Continue reading 60th Anniversary of the Windscale Fire this year – Lessons Learnt?
RADIATION FREE LAKELAND 