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Nuclear power - the problems

Last edited 15 November 2006 at 1:26pm

A radiation warning sign in Chernaya, near Chernobyl

The government wants to build new nuclear power stations. If their plan succeeds, it will be at the cost of blocking the real solutions to climate change and a reliable future energy supply. It will also result in the continued production of dangerous nuclear waste and an increased risk from terrorism, radioactive accident and nuclear proliferation.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy security, nuclear power, proliferation, reactor safety, reprocessing, waste

THORP reopening - risky and could result in failure

Last edited 20 April 2006 at 8:00am
20 April, 2006

New report says Sellafield plans a 'bodge' as operators face prosecution

One year after a series of alarming errors resulted in 18,000 litres of highly radioactive dissolved spent fuel leaking in the THORP reprocessing plant at Sellafield, Greenpeace has published a report which exposes how the current plan to reopen THORP is an 'engineering 'bodge' which risks compromising safety. The publication comes as it was revealed that the plant's operators will be prosecuted over the accident.

Article tagged as: nuclear, press releases, reprocessing, sellafield

Leak forces Sellafield to close

Posted by bex — 13 May 2005 at 8:00am - Comments
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Article tagged as: BNFL, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, reprocessing, sellafield

Greenpeace accuses government of failure to deliver as Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is born

Last edited 31 March 2005 at 9:00am
31 March, 2005

Greenpeace today accused the government of 'squandering an opportunity' to tackle the UK's radioactive decommissioning and clean up problems.

Article tagged as: BNFL, decommissioning, NDA, nuclear power, press releases, radioactive waste, reprocessing, sellafield

Activists block waste train bound for Sellafield

Posted by bex — 23 September 2003 at 8:00am - Comments
Italian activist arrested after stopping a nuclear waste train bound for Sellafield

Italian activist arrested after stopping a nuclear waste train bound for Sellafield

Article tagged as: hachette, nuclear transports, reprocessing, sellafield, waste

Greenpeace call for closure of THORP nuclear plant to be brought forward

Last edited 26 August 2003 at 8:00am
26 August, 2003

Concerns raised about Sellafield 'clean up' leading to increase in radioactive discharges to Irish Sea

Greenpeace today said that BNFL's plans to close the THORP spent fuel reprocessing plant at Sellafield by 2010, bringing its end forward by 14 years, do not go far enough.

Article tagged as: nuclear power, press releases, reprocessing, sellafield

UK hand forced over radioactive discharges

Last edited 26 June 2003 at 8:00am
26 June, 2003

An international meeting of Environment Ministers ended today with the UK being forced to accept, in writing, the concerns of European countries over radioactive discharges into the North Seas (1) from the Sellafield nuclear installation in Cumbria.

London had previously successfully resisted attempts to record criticism of the UK's failure to meet its commitments to reduce radioactive discharges at the OSPAR conference (2,3). Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden were particularly critical of the UK's role.

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Nuclear waste from Sellafield found in supermarket salmon

Last edited 23 June 2003 at 8:00am
23 June, 2003

Tests by Southampton University have found traces of radioactive waste from the controversial Sellafield plant in Scottish farmed salmon sold in British supermarkets, Sainsburys, Safeway's and Marks and Spencer. The revelation comes as Britain is due to face fierce criticism this week (23rd-27th June) at an international meeting of environment ministers in Germany for failing to tackle nuclear pollution from Sellafield.

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OSPAR and radioactive discharges from Sellafield

Last edited 17 June 2003 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
11 August, 2009

Publication date: June 2003

Summary
The UK's Environment Minister will be in Bremen, Germany, on June 25th and 26th for a meeting of the signatories to the OSPAR Convention (the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic).

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Article tagged as: reports, reprocessing, sellafield, waste

Radioactive Technetium-99 Discharges from Sellafield

Last edited 13 December 2002 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Publication date: December 2002

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