Nuclear

Trident: we don't buy it!

Posted by bex — 12 February 2007 at 9:00am - Comments

Part of the Trident: we don't buy it tour blog

The unveiling of the ad van

The unveiling of the van. © Greenpeace/Cobbing

Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, MSPs, nuclear, nuclear weapons, peace, scotland, ships, trident, trident tour

Arctic Sunrise in the UK

Posted by bex — 11 February 2007 at 11:41am - Comments
Part of the Trident: we don't buy it tour blog

Arctic Sunrise at Leith docks near Edinburgh
Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear weapons, peace, scotland, ships, trident, trident tour

Government's key energy review on trial

Posted by bex — 8 February 2007 at 11:34am - Comments

Green groups gather outside the High Court as the government's energy review goes on trial

The government's decision to back a new fleet of nuclear power stations in the UK was "legally flawed", the High Court has heard.

In the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Greenpeace will argue that the government's recent energy review was not the "fullest public consultation" it had committed itself to before making a decision to back new nuclear power stations. The commitment had been made in the earlier energy white paper in 2003.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy review, government, judicial review, legal, nuclear power, tony blair

London's alternative to nuclear power

Posted by bex — 15 December 2006 at 1:46pm - Comments

The Mayor of London Ken Livingstone believes there is an alternative to nuclear power

If you travel on the London underground, you may be seeing a lot more of nuclear waste over the next few weeks than you've been used to. We've joined The Mayor of London Ken Livingstone in launching a poster campaign to tell Londoners about the alternative to the new nuclear power stations Tony Blair wants to build - and inviting them to join the debate on our energy future.

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, ken livingstone, london, nuclear power, nuclear waste, videos

New nuclear power for Scotland?

Posted by bex — 24 November 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

Dounreay nuclear power plant at sunrise

As the Scottish Labour Party gathered in Oban for the first day of their party conference, green groups were there to urge First Minister Jack McConnell to come clean on his plans for nuclear power.

Article tagged as: decentralised energy, energy review, jack mcconnell, nuclear power, renewable energy, scotland, UK policy

Join our nuclear club

Posted by jamie — 10 October 2006 at 5:01pm - Comments

How do you solve a problem like Korea?

Article tagged as: disarmament, north korea, peace

Greenpeace launches legal challenge against the government

Posted by bex — 6 October 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Sizewell nuclear power plant
We're taking legal action against the government for deciding to support nuclear power without full public consultation.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy review, judicial review, nuclear power

What we made: a nuclear wasteland

Posted by bex — 26 September 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

London rapper Example doesn't just take his music to the edge - he also takes it to deserted, radioactively contaminated post-nuclear zones. Now he's released a documentary about his journey to Chernobyl, explaining why he thinks the future shouldn't be nuclear.

"I don't think anyone who's been here can be for nuclear power," says rapper Example, looking around at empty cots and babies' gas masks in a disintegrating schoolroom near Chernobyl.

Article tagged as: chernobyl, example, music, nuclear accidents, nuclear power

Sweden closes nuclear plants over safety fears

Posted by bex — 4 August 2006 at 8:00am - Comments
forsmark nuclear power plant in Sweden

forsmark nuclear power plant in Sweden

"It was pure luck there wasn't a meltdown," said a former director of Forsmark nuclear power plant after a serious incident at that plant last week. Now Sweden has shut down four of its 10 nuclear plants after faults were discovered. And a generator failure like Sweden's could easily happen in the UK.

Article tagged as: meltdown, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, reactor safety, sweden

Bury it deep under the carpet, along with all of nuclear's other problems

Posted by bex — 28 July 2006 at 8:00am - Comments
A radioactive waste dump in Buryakovka, Russia

A radioactive waste dump in Buryakovka, Russia

CoRWM has recommended that the UK should manage its radioactive waste pile through "deep geological disposal", also known as deep dumping.

Article tagged as: CoRWM, deep dumping, nuclear power, nuclear waste, waste dump sites
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