nuclear power

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

Mayor and Greenpeace launch nuclear poster campaign

Last edited 15 December 2006 at 11:43am
15 December, 2006

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

The Mayor of London Ken Livingstone and Greenpeace have joined together to launch a stark public information campaign highlighting that there is a real alternative to nuclear power.

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, ken livingstone, london, nuclear power, press releases

Scottish First Minister faces nuke challenge

Last edited 24 November 2006 at 1:22pm
24 November, 2006

The First Minister has not come clean over plans for a new generation of nuclear power plants in Scotland

Article tagged as: climate change, jack mcconnell, labour, nuclear power, scotland

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

British Nuclear Group court case - transcript and sentence

Last edited 20 November 2006 at 2:28pm
Publication date: 
5 April, 2007
On 16th October 2006, British Nuclear Group, the operator of the massive Sellafield nuclear complex, was in the Crown Court in Carlisle to face sentencing over an accident that led to the shut-down of the THORP spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant.

The case, brought by the Health and Safety Executive (North West) centred on the events that led up to 83,000 litres of highly radioactive dissolved spent fuel leaking into the area beneath a tank in the reprocessing facility.
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Article tagged as: BNG, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, nuclear power plants, reports, sellafield

What we are doing about nuclear power

Last edited 15 November 2006 at 1:29pm
We're trying to stop the dangerous - and completely unnecessary - transports of nuclear waste across the UK.


Promoting good power

By decentralising our energy system, we could double the efficiency of our power stations. Decentralised energy is cleaner, cheaper and more secure than nuclear power, and can do far more to combat climate change.

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, legal, nuclear power, proliferation, renewable sources

Nuclear power - the solutions

Last edited 15 November 2006 at 1:28pm
Solar panels - the UK needs a wholesale reform of its energy system

 

Nuclear power is a dangerous distraction from the real solutions to tackling climate change. It is a relic of an out of date, centralised and wasteful energy system and will leave a lethal legacy of radioactive contamination for many thousands of years.

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, nuclear power, renewable energy, resources

Nuclear power - the problems

Last edited 15 November 2006 at 1:26pm

A radiation warning sign in Chernaya, near Chernobyl

The government wants to build new nuclear power stations. If their plan succeeds, it will be at the cost of blocking the real solutions to climate change and a reliable future energy supply. It will also result in the continued production of dangerous nuclear waste and an increased risk from terrorism, radioactive accident and nuclear proliferation.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy security, nuclear power, proliferation, reactor safety, reprocessing, waste

What we are doing about climate change

Last edited 15 November 2006 at 1:12pm
A Greenpeace protestor looking down at cooling towers from the chimney of Didcot power station during a direct action

As an international organisation, we campaign on several fronts - from researching and promoting solutions to climate change (like decentralised energy), to exposing the companies and governments that are blocking action, to lobbying to change national and

Article tagged as: climate change, coal, decentralised energy, effect, environment, nuclear power, oil, protect

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