Last night while thousands of activists including from Cumbria descended on London for the Extinction Rebellion protests, a small protest by two dedicated anti-nuclear activists took place outside the Beacon in Whitehaven. The protest in Cumbria was to mark the VIP Preview of a "Celebration" of the "Art of Reprocessing." Reprocessing is the chemical …
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On 27th January at The Beacon, Radiation Free Lakeland will be holding a demonstration opposing the dumping of radioactive debris from 27 nuclear submarines at Sellafield. We will meet at 11am – 2pm outside The Beacon in Whitehaven… with our alternative exhibition and information. There may be singing!...but its not compulsory - just bring yourselves …
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When the UK’s favourite celebrity scientist is roped in alongside a Government Minister to open a local museum you know something big is afoot. The local museum is The Beacon, formerly run by Copeland Council. Copeland, like councils across the country have had their funding cut by central government. You might think that …
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Yesterday members of Radiation Free Lakeland and Save the Sellafield Deer went along to set up their own exhibition outside the new propaganda vehicle for Sellafield. Around 250 people stopped to chat about the real Sellafield Story, to take leaflets and to look at our exhibition illustrating the vicious nuclear cycle from …
Professor Brian Cox will be opening the Beacon on Friday and pitching nuclear woo The renowned celebrity Prof has said : “The debate around nuclear waste is skewed and illogical at times. The nuclear waste is here, the problem is here, it isn’t going anywhere so it needs to be resolved now. New build will not …
The cover on the third book in the Ruth Sutton trilogy 'Fallout' has caused a bit of a stir. Having read (and passed on to my mum!) the first book in the trilogy 'A Good Liar' I can highly recommend as good holiday reading and especially for those who know the Lakes or …
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Professor Brian Cox and Baroness Verma will be the "special guests" opening Sellafield's new propaganda vehicle The Beacon Museum. Radiation Free Lakeland will be at the opening of the Beacon on May 30th with interpretation panels and leaflets to give a flavour of the real “Sellafield Story.” From bomb making then and now, to …
Imagine a world where Fracking was a wholly state sponsored industry with privateers chasing lucrative government contracts to Frack. Imagine then that the government cuts the funding from central funding for a museum and then most generously gives it back filtered through the Fracking industry which it wholly subsidises. Imagine then that the fracking …
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