nuclear power
Posted by bex — 14 February 2002 at 9:00am
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Brian Wilson outside the DTI
We met Energy Minister Brian Wilson on the steps of the DTI, to present him with a bunch of red roses and a Valentine's Day card from the nuclear power industry.
Wearing radiation suits and goggles, we gave him a card, signed 'with love from the nuclear industry', containing the following heartfelt poem:
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
The nuclear industry,
Would've died without you."
Last edited 14 February 2002 at 9:00am
Greenpeace response to Downing Street Energy Review
Greenpeace energy campaigner Matthew Spencer said,
"Labour looks ready to rekindle is its love affair with nuclear power. This report has the fingerprints of the pro-nuclear energy minister Brian Wilson all over it. The nuclear industry would close down in the UK without new support from the Government - this report leaves the door open for new tax-breaks and rubber-stamping of planning applications for new power stations."
Posted by bex — 31 January 2002 at 9:00am
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Offshore wind farm, oeresund
Today Greenpeace is taking the unusual step of publishing a leaked copy of a draft summary of a report detailing the future of UK energy policy.
The government is leaving the door open for a wave of dangerous new nuclear power stations across Britain, according to the confidential report, which is part of the government's Energy Review.
Timid targets for the generation of energy by renewable technology - like wind, wave and solar power - are also being set.
Last edited 31 January 2002 at 9:00am
Cabinet office review throws lifeline to nuclear industry
Greenpeace today publishes a leaked summary of Tony Blair's Energy Review, revealing how a Downing Street think tank is leaving the door open for a wave of dangerous new nuclear power stations across Britain. The Prime Minister was due to release the report by today at the latest, but publication has been delayed.
Last edited 20 December 2001 at 9:00am
Greenpeace has condemned the Government and British Nuclear Fuels for the introduction of plutonium into the controversial Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP) earlier today. The decision to proceed with loading of the lethal nuclear material will increase environmental pollution from the Sellafield site and increase international security risks, including nuclear terrorism and proliferation of nuclear weapons. Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have mounted a range of legal challenges in an effort to prevent the plant from opening. The Irish Government currently has two international legal cases on-going against the UK government.
Last edited 7 December 2001 at 9:00am
Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace have overturned an important part of last month's controversial High Court ruling that the Government had lawfully given the Sellafield Mixed Oxide (MOX) plant the green light. (1) But the MOX plant can still open, despite the fact that it will never recover its costs and that it represents a serious threat to public safety.
Last edited 4 December 2001 at 9:00am
The United Nations International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea issued a significant ruling on the case brought by the Irish government against the UK Government over the controversial Sellafield nuclear complex. The Tribunal, made up of 21 judges, issued a unanimous ruling that puts pressure on the UK to stop the operation a new plutonium fuel manufacturing facility, the Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP).
Last edited 22 November 2001 at 9:00am
Terrorism Bill threatens to prevent people throughout the world from knowing about British nuclear shipments along their coasts
Last edited 22 November 2001 at 9:00am
BNFL and it's subsidiary Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd, owns 7 ships which transport nuclear waste fuel and other nuclear materials, including plutonium, around the globe.
The ships carry nuclear waste fuel from BNFL's overseas customers in Japan, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands to its notorious Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria. The ships also carry nuclear waste fuel from the same overseas customers to the French version of Sellafield, La Hague.
Last edited 22 November 2001 at 9:00am
BNFL boat: Sanpiper
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