A submarine launch at Barrow-in-Furness (Photo: BAE / MOD handout) Following revelations in freedom of information requests to Declassified UK records show 97,430 stable iodine tablets were pre-issued to people in Plymouth, Portland and Barrow-in-Furness from 2016-21 to protect them from radiation. Kate Hudson, general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), said: “The …
An Invitation from CND - especially relevant for Barrow - the home of Trident and the next generation of nuclear weapons of mass destruction - isn't it time for a change of direction? Fairtrade Town - Trident Town As part of a national day of protest, join South Lakeland and Lancaster District CND and others in …
GOVERNMENT WANT A MASSIVE INCREASE IN NUCLEAR WMD - CALL OUT FROM CND .... No more Nukes! Emergency rally FacebookTwitterLinkedInMicrosoft (Outlook)TopicNo more Nukes: Time to Scrap Trident emergency rallyDescriptionJoin CND for an emergency online rally to protest against expected government plans to increase the number of nuclear warheads in its arsenal for the first time …
Continue reading ONLINE RALLY at 6pm Today – SCRAP NUCLEAR WMD
Followers of Radiation Free Lakeland will know that we have been trying to stop the continued operations of so called "essential" nuclear construction - including the ongoing build of nuclear submarines at Barrow. Of course we would do this notwithstanding COVID19. But we naively assumed that during the 'Lockdown' for the rest of the country …
Dear Tim, Thank you for your reply to our concerns. We urge you to drop the false and dangerous label of "essential construction" for Trident and Hinkley Point C. We agree with your call for non essential work to cease to halt the spread of COVID19. This is however meaningless if the Government's own mega …
Continue reading Tim Farron MP: Essential Nuclear Construction of WMD? No it isn’t!
While the country is locked down to protect us from Covid19, the government's nuclear projects continue. These include construction of nuclear submarines, construction on the Sellafield site (new gas plant and more) and the continued construction of Hinkley C. If Moorside had not been scrapped there would be an influx of thousands of workers ensconced …
Continue reading No Lockdown for Nuclear Construction Projects – Trident, Sellafield, Hinkley C
"Fair Trade" Barrow, Home to Trident (note this photo is not a spoof! It is real). Sellafield where once there was a farm where baby booties where made - then bombs were birthed. Wastwater - millions of gallons of freshwater daily are abstracted from here to cool the nuclear wastes which make the bombs. …
Continue reading Events in Cumbria for Hiroshima Day on Monday 6th August
Celebrations that Moorside is to be scrapped are on hold. At least until we can be sure that our nuclear obsessed Government are not going to publicly fund this as has happened with ALL other nuclear new build before. The GMB union is agitating.. This is the GMB's "Response To Moorside Crisis Wednesday, August 1, …
Continue reading GMB want Government to Bail Out Moorside – the Public Must Pay For Nukiller!
Bunting is being put up to welcome His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, who has been confirmed as the guest of honour at a special community event to mark the Lake District as a World Heritage Site on 26 March. Radiation Free Lakeland will be sending Prince Charles our "Pictorial Guide to the Lake …
in Friday's Lancaster Guardian.... Warheads brought through Lancaster...... by Nick Lakin - Lancaster Guardian Thursday May 25th 2017 Concern has been raised over the transportation of nuclear warheads through the Lancashire countryside. A major military convoy which left the M6 at Junction 34 and made its way to Halton Training Camp sparked debate on social …
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