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15th Anniversary of Chernobyl focuses attention on nuclear risks in Wales

Last edited 25 April 2001 at 8:00am
25 April, 2001

15 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, environmental organisations warned that Wales is living under the threat of another nuclear accident.

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New report alerts Assembly Members to dangers of re-opening Wylfa nuclear power station

Last edited 15 March 2001 at 9:00am
15 March, 2001
Wylfa nuclear powerWelsh Assembly Members today heard the results of a Greenpeace funded report into the dangers of allowing the ageing Wylfa nuclear power station on Anglesey to reopen [1].


Speakers at the launch, held at the National Assembly, included report author, independent nuclear engineer John Large, Assembly Members Mick Bates (Liberal Democrats) and John Griffiths (Labour) and Dylan Morgan from PAWB (People Against Wylfa B/Pobol Atal Wylfa B).

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Y broses heneiddio a'i dylanwad ar ddiogelwch a pherfformiad Wylfa

Last edited 14 March 2001 at 9:00am
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14 March, 2001

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Who cares? The Welsh Assembly Statement of Opinion

Posted by bex — 12 February 2001 at 9:00am - Comments
Wylfa nuclear powerTwo Assembly Members -- Mick Bates and John Griffiths -- have tabled the following Statement of Opinion asking for the release of information on the safety problems at Wylfa, and the safety implications of reopening the station.


The National Assembly notes the recent Concordat between the Health and Safety Executive and the National Assembly for Wales recognising that the Assembly has an interest in issues of nuclear safety because of the impact a nuclear accident could have on the environment.

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