nuclear power

Aerial view of Sellafield

Last edited 21 November 2001 at 1:00am

Aerial view of Sellafield

Article tagged as: BNFL, maps, nuclear power, sellafield

Dounreay's plutonium traffic

Last edited 20 November 2001 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
20 November, 2001

Under the government's proposed Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act, the information contained in this briefing would be illegal. The proposed Act contains measures to stop the publication of information on nuclear technologies, nuclear sites and the transport of nuclear materials. Greenpeace, however, believes that people have a right to know about the nuclear industry and the risks that it imposes on them. We will continue to publish information that is in the public interest whether or not the Act becomes law.

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Greenpeace publishes surveillance of secret nuclear shipments

Last edited 20 November 2001 at 9:00am
20 November, 2001

Greenpeace will risk imprisonment to keep public informed of secret nuclear ships

Greenpeace published today images and details from the surveillance of a BNFL ship in North Scotland loading a consignment of weapons-usable plutonium.

Article tagged as: BNFL, dounreay, nuclear power, nuclear transports, plutonium, press releases

Anti-terrorism act threatens people's right to know

Posted by bex — 19 November 2001 at 9:00am - Comments
Nuclear transport in transit

Nuclear transport in transit

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

The MV Arneb and nuclear shipments

Posted by bex — 19 November 2001 at 9:00am - Comments
MV Arneb

MV Arneb

Greenpeace is appalled that the British government thinks that the true facts about the nuclear industry should be kept secret from the general public. We are opposed to the nuclear industry and believe that the issues surrounding the industry should be openly and actively discussed so that the general public can make their own, informed, decisions. Millions of pounds of government subsidy continue to prop up this industry, and it is only right that taxpayers have a right to know the facts.

Article tagged as: dounreay, nuclear power, nuclear transports, plutonium

Greenpeace to risk prison by publishing truth about nuclear power

Last edited 19 November 2001 at 9:00am
19 November, 2001

Greenpeace today promised to keep telling the public about the dangers of the nuclear industry despite proposed legislation that would make this illegal and inflict a prison sentence of up to seven years for offenders. Today (Monday 19th) is the second reading of the Government's Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill, which contains measures to stop people publishing information on nuclear technologies, nuclear sites and the transport of nuclear materials (1). If the Bill became law it would impact on both journalists and campaign groups.

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Judge reserves judgement over Sellafield 'MOX' plant

Last edited 12 November 2001 at 9:00am
12 November, 2001

The Judicial Review of the Government's recent decision to allow British Nuclear Fuels plc (BNFL) to begin operations at the mixed oxide (MOX) plant in Sellafield ended at lunchtime today. The legal action was brought by Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace.

Article tagged as: BNFL, mox fuel, nuclear power, nuclear transports, plutonium, press releases, sellafield

What is plutonium MOX fuel? The fantasies and the reality...

Last edited 10 November 2001 at 9:00am
Greenpeace campaign against nuclear power - Japan

MOX is made from a mixture of plutonium and uranium oxides and is used in nuclear reactors in Japan, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, and France.

Nuclear reactors normally burn enriched uranium fuel. When MOX is used, around 30% of the enriched uranium is replaced by the MOX fuel.

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What is plutonium?

Last edited 10 November 2001 at 9:00am
Plutonium mining

Plutonium mining

Plutonium was discovered in the US in 1941 when scientists exposed uranium to neutron radiation in the laboratory. Since they had given the name neptunium to the first element, which they had found that way, the new substance, was named plutonium after Pluto, the planet that follows Neptune in our planetary system.

Article tagged as: mox fuel, nuclear power, plutonium

Sellafield nuclear reprocessing facility

Last edited 6 February 2014 at 2:47pm
Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant

Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant

Article tagged as: animations, BNFL, nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear waste, reprocessing, sellafield