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Greenpeace, nuclear energy and climate change

Last edited 4 November 2010 at 7:49pm

Wind turbine construction in Butterwick

Climate change is the biggest threat we face, we can agree with the film producers on that. And if nuclear power was a feasible part of the solution to the climate crisis then we would change our position.

But it's not.

Article tagged as: channel 4, climate change, nuclear

Global campaigns

Last edited 24 May 2016 at 8:45am

Greenpeace is an international organisation, working across the globe on several priority campaigns. As well as the campaigns we're currently focusing on in the UK - climate change, protecting forests, defending oceans, and working for peace - other Greenpeace offices continue to work on challenging nuclear power, promoting sustainable agriculture and eliminating toxic chemicals.

Challenging nuclear power


Greenpeace has always fought - and will continue to fight - vigorously against nuclear power because it is an unacceptable risk to the environment and to humanity. The only solution is to halt the expansion of all nuclear power, and for the shutdown of existing plants.

Article tagged as: agriculture, global, GM, hub, nuclear, toxics

Jim Bohlen 1926 - 2010

Posted by jossc — 7 July 2010 at 11:34am - Comments
Don't Make a Wave Committee members and Greenpeace founders (from left) Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote, and Irving Stowe.

There's an old joke that you can walk into any bar in Vancouver and find somebody claiming to be a Greenpeace founder. If that somebody had been Jim Bohlen, however, then this claim would have been absolutely true. It is with very deep sadness, then, that we have learned of Jim's death on 5 July, 2010, at the age of 84.

 

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Greenpeace Submission to the Proposed Regulatory Justification decisions on new nuclear power stations: Consultation Document

Last edited 25 February 2010 at 12:29pm
Publication date: 
25 February, 2010

Greenpeace Submission to the Proposed Regulatory Justification decisions on new nuclear power stations: Consultation Document.

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Greenpeace's submission to the Consultation on the draft National Policy Statements for energy infrastructure

Last edited 25 February 2010 at 12:20pm
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25 February, 2010

Greenpeace's submission to the Consultation on the draft National Policy Statements for energy infrastructure.

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New Finnish reactor lacks 'a proper design that meets the basic principles of nuclear safety'

Posted by jossc — 14 May 2009 at 11:16am - Comments

The new EPR site at Olkiluoto, Finland

The OL3 European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) project, under construction at Olkiluoto, Finland, is seen by the nuclear industry as the blueprint for a new generation of reactors they'd like to see being built all over the world.

Already well behind schedule and way over cost, serious problems were uncovered two days ago in the primary coolant pipes, only a week after documents leaked to Finnish media revealed that designs for the most vital and fundamental part of this untried and untested nuclear reactor - the safety systems - are still not yet in place.

Article tagged as: EPR, finland, nuclear

Nuclear sites: have your say

Last edited 28 April 2009 at 12:13pm
Publication date: 
28 April, 2009

Why the government’s 'Have Your Say' guide to new nuclear plants is seriously misleading, and the steps you can take to contribute to the consultation and effectively register your opposition to new nuclear build in your neighbourhood.

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New nuclear reactor's waste is seven times more hazardous

Posted by jamie — 3 February 2009 at 12:47pm - Comments

The construction site of the EPR reactor at Olkiluoto, Finland

The waste from this EPR in Finland will be seven times more hazardous than existing nuclear reactors © Greenpeace/Cobbing

Thanks to Justin at Nuclear Reaction for allowing us to reproduce this scandalous story:

Following the French government's announcement that it wants to build a second EPR (European Pressurised Reactor) comes the news that the nuclear waste produced by this so-called state of the art reactor is far more dangerous than that of ordinary reactors.

Article tagged as: EPR, finland, iodine 129, nuclear, nuclear power, olkiluoto, posiva

Planned nuclear reactors will produce seven times more hazardous waste

Last edited 2 February 2009 at 5:12pm
2 February, 2009

Nuclear waste from the reactors likely to be built in the UK will be up to seven times more hazardous than that produced by existing reactors.

The admission was made in an 'environmental impact assessment' report by nuclear company Posiva. Posiva are responsible for managing the waste which will be produced by the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) currently being constructed in Olkiluoto, Finland.

And an independent nuclear consultant has warned that this will increase the costs of nuclear energy, as waste storage and safety expenses will rise above expected levels.

Article tagged as: areva, EDF, EPR, nuclear, nuclear power, posiva, press releases

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