reactor safety

Greenpeace supports radiation and health conference

Posted by bex — 5 May 2004 at 8:00am - Comments
Three Mile Island nuclear plant

Three Mile Island nuclear plant

Article tagged as: health impacts, nuclear power, radiation, reactor safety

Sellafield's radioactive salmon

Posted by bex — 21 May 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

Radioactive waste from Sellafield has been found in Scottish farmed salmon sold in major British supermarkets. Tests commissioned by Greenpeace revealed traces of radioactive waste in packets of fresh and smoked salmon.

salmon
The tests, conducted independently by Southampton University's oceanography centre, found low levels Technetium-99 (Tc-99) in farmed Scottish salmon sold at Sainsbury's, Tesco, Asda, Safeway, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer.


Tc-99 is a byproduct of Magnox fuel reprocessing. Dr David Santillo, a scientist at Greenpeace's research laboratories at Exeter University, said: "Tc-99 should not be there at all. It is inexplicable yet significant. Scottish salmon is marketed as something that comes from a pristine environment."

Article tagged as: north sea, nuclear power, oceans, radioactivity, reactor safety, salmon, sellafield

Greenpeace and Ecotricity take British Energy to the European Court of Justice

Last edited 20 December 2002 at 9:00am
20 December, 2002

Greenpeace and Ecotricity today announced that they were opening a new front against the British Government's support for ailing nuclear generator British Energy and taking its legal battle on to the European Court of Justice. They were earlier granted permission to judicially review the £50 million rescue aid from the Government to British Energy. They are now withdrawing from this case in order to be able to mount a full challenge in Europe, including seeking an annulment of the Commission's approval of the rescue aid.

Article tagged as: british energy, nuclear power, nuclear power plants, press releases, reactor safety

Sizewell B: The facts

Last edited 14 October 2002 at 8:00am
Sizewell nuclear power station

Sizewell nuclear power station

Article tagged as: nuclear power, nuclear power plants, reactor safety, sizewell

Dangerous design flaw puts future of key nuclear plant in doubt

Last edited 6 September 2002 at 8:00am
6 September, 2002

Is British Energy putting cash before safety?

Investigations by Greenpeace show that the Heysham 2 nuclear plant in Lancashire is facing the same technical problems which have shut both reactors at its sister plant in Torness, Scotland. The problems have been developing over the past decade. The closure of Heysham 2 would cause a further financial shockwave to British Energy which has already suspended trading of its shares and is seeking a massive cash injection from Government.

Article tagged as: nuclear power, nuclear power plants, press releases, reactor safety

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,

Article tagged as: BE, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, nuclear power plants, press releases, reactor safety, torness

New nuclear reactors - more radioactive waste

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

Map of nuclear Britian

Article tagged as: nuclear power, reactor safety, renewable energy, waste

Nuclear reprocessing

Last edited 10 November 2001 at 9:00am
Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant

Every nuclear power station creates plutonium while in operation. The plutonium is contained in the spent fuel elements. A number of countries have shipped their spent fuel to La Hague, (France) or Sellafield (UK) for reprocessing, although Sellafield no longer has any major overseas contracts.

Article tagged as: nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear waste, reactor safety, reprocessing, THORP

Nuclear power background

Last edited 10 November 2001 at 9:00am
Nuclear reactors and reprocessing plants were first designed and created to produce plutonium - for nuclear weapons. Electricity was simply a by-product.
Article tagged as: nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear waste, reactor safety

Wylfa archive

Last edited 9 November 2001 at 9:00am
The Greenpeace 'Keep Wylfa shut' campaign ran during 2001 when Wylfa nuclear power station in north west Anglesey closed due to the discovery of defects in some welds inside the reactor pressure vessel in April 2000.


A failure of these welds could have lead to a significant release of radioactivity into the environment, putting people's health at risk.

Article tagged as: BNFL, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, reactor safety, wylfa