nuclear power

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

"Attention commuters! The next train to arrive will be a nuclear waste train"

Posted by bex — 26 July 2006 at 8:00am - Comments
Greenpeace activists warn commuters about a nuclear waste train passing through Kensington Olympia

Greenpeace activists warn commuters about a nuclear waste train passing through Kensington Olympia

End of the line for nuclear transports

Megaphone mania has hit stations around London as Greenpeace activists took to giant megaphones to alert commuters to the hidden hazard in their midst: terror targets on wheels.

Article tagged as: direct actions, nuclear power, nuclear transports, radioactive waste, terrorist attack

Your local nuclear waste trains: a timetable

Posted by bex — 21 July 2006 at 8:00am - Comments
Timetable of nuclear waste transports in the UK

Timetable of nuclear waste transports in the UK

Greenpeace publishes a timetable of the UK's nuclear waste trains

Unless you live near a Sellafield or a Dungeness, the dangers of radioactive waste probably seem a world away.

They're not.

Hundreds of thousands of us are unwittingly exposed to the dangers of nuclear waste. Every week, trains carrying nuclear waste trundle along the UK's outdated rail network through our villages, towns and cities - often at peak times and only metres away from ordinary passenger trains.

Article tagged as: nuclear power, nuclear transports, nuclear waste, terrorism

Energy Review update 8

Last edited 17 July 2006 at 12:00am
Publication date: 
17 July, 2006

In this issue:

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Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, energy review, energy updates, nuclear power, reports

UK energy review - Greenpeace response

Last edited 11 July 2006 at 8:00am
11 July, 2006

Reacting to the publication of the Government's energy reviewGreenpeace executive director Stephen Tindale said:

Article tagged as: decentralised energy, government, nuclear power, press releases, sustainable energy

Blair's energy review: save nuclear, destroy the climate

Posted by bex — 11 July 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

UK floods

It's now official. Blair wants a new generation of nuclear reactors. The energy review is over and, disappointing as it may be, the conclusion won't come as a surprise to anyone who has been following recent events. The review has been a farce from the beginning: "a rubber-stamping exercise for a decision the Prime Minister took some time ago," according to the chairman of the Trade and Industry Committee.

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, energy review, government, nuclear power, UK policy

Secret documents reveal government inspectors fears over defective nuclear reactors

Last edited 5 July 2006 at 8:00am
5 July, 2006

Cracked reactor cores have "increased likelihood of increased risk"

NUCLEAR POWER stations in the UK are structurally defective and their continued operation is increasing the risk of a radioactive accident, according to documents written by the government's own nuclear inspectors.

Article tagged as: AGRs, british energy, energy review, NSD, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, nuclear power plants, press releases, reactor safety

A bad month for Blair

Posted by bex — 5 July 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Radioactive Champagne?

Radioactive champagne, near nuclear meltdowns, leaked terrorism documents and a nuclear waste train crash... In the same month that Tony Blair announced nuclear power was "back on the agenda with a vengeance", events in the real world put the lie to nuclear industry spin.

Article tagged as: government, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, nuclear waste, tony blair, waste dump sites

UK nuclear reactors are defective, say government inspectors

Posted by bex — 5 July 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

A huge KAPOW projected onto Torness power station

A nuclear expert has called for nuclear reactors in the UK to be "immediately shut down" after secret documents written by government inspectors reveal they contain structural defects.

The documents - which were passed to Greenpeace days before Tony Blair is expected to give the go-ahead to a new generation of nuclear power stations - show that the government's Nuclear Safety Directorate (NSD) has identified cracks in the cores of up to 14 UK reactors, rendering them at increased risk of a radiological accident.

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, government, nuclear power, reactor safety, tony blair

Blair obsessed with nuclear legacy

Last edited 4 July 2006 at 8:00am
4 July, 2006

Former New Labour advisor says Blair lied to Commons committee

Reacting to Tony Blair's comments this morning in support of new nuclear power stations, Greenpeace executive director Stephen Tindale said:

"Tony Blair wants his legacy to be new nuclear power stations, but his obsession threatens to scupper this country's renewable energy industry. He wants to tie the country into a centralised energy generation system that relies on huge, inefficient, polluting power stations instead of pushing money towards clean cutting edge technologies."

Article tagged as: climate change, energy review, nuclear power, nuclear power plants, press releases, rhetoric versus reality, tony blair