nuclear power

Japanese nuclear safety cover-up - devastating news for British MOX business

Posted by bex — 30 August 2002 at 8:00am - Comments
BNFL shipment: Pacific Pintail

BNFL shipment: Pacific Pintail

Japan's largest nuclear utility has announced that a safety cover-up at its nuclear power plants has been going on for decades - a devastating blow to an already embattled nuclear industry, with global implications.

BNFL MOX business in serious doubt as Japan's biggest nuclear firm confesses massive safety cover up

Last edited 30 August 2002 at 8:00am
30 August, 2002

British Nuclear Fuel's (BNFL) controversial plutonium fuel programme (MOX) suffered another blow when Japan's largest nuclear utility announced last night (29/8/02) that there has been a major safety scandal at its nuclear power plants. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the world's third largest nuclear power operator is a key potential customer of BNFL's MOX fuel manufactured at its plant at Sellafield, Cumbria.

Greenpeace evades 'pathetic security' at nuclear port to inflate cartoon bomb

Last edited 20 August 2002 at 8:00am
20 August, 2002

Greenpeace last night attached a large compressed air banner to the harbour wall outside the military port of Barrow-in-Furness and this morning inflated the remote-controlled device. 

Environment agency's Sellafield proposals 'grossly inadequate'

Last edited 16 August 2002 at 8:00am
16 August, 2002

Commenting on the Environment Agency's Proposals (1) for Future Sellafield Regulation, Greenpeace today described them as grossly inadequate. Greenpeace campaigner, Pete Roche, said, "Despite all the talk of significant reductions in discharge limits, the actual radioactivity going into the Irish Sea and our atmosphere is likely to double over the next few years".

Greenpeace response to closure of Torness nuclear plant

Last edited 13 August 2002 at 8:00am
13 August, 2002
Greenpeace said today that the closure of British Energy's nuclear plant at Torness because of a fault in its reactor cooling system was further evidence that nuclear power is not only dangerous but is a technology that can't be relied on to deliver the UK's electricity.


Greenpeace nuclear campaigner Emma Gibson said,

From spent fuel to MOX fuel

Last edited 9 August 2002 at 8:00am
Sizewell: 72% say no to nuclear power

Sizewell: 72% say no to nuclear power

Why does Japan want to trade in MOX?

Last edited 9 August 2002 at 8:00am
Judicial review: BNFL

Judicial review: BNFL

Nuclear Power: the new threat

Last edited 5 August 2002 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Publication date: August 2002

Summary
In May 2002, the government began a consultation process to decide how the UK's future energy needs could be met.

The nuclear industry are keen to build at least ten more nuclear power stations. And despite the apparent openness of the consultation process, government and nuclear industry lobbyists are already setting weak targets for renewable energy and undermining democracy.

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New reactors - more radioactive waste

Last edited 30 July 2002 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Publication date: July 2002

Summary
Britain stands at a crossroads in energy policy. One direction leads to more nuclear power stations. The other leads towards the sustainable exploitation of energy from the wind, waves and sun.

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New nuclear reactors - more radioactive waste

Posted by bex — 29 July 2002 at 8:00am - Comments
Map of nuclear Britian

Map of nuclear Britian