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Greenpeace condemns UK decision to take back falsified

Last edited 11 July 2000 at 8:00am
11 July, 2000

En-route nations at risk from nuclear transport

Greenpeace today condemned the announcement in Tokyo that the British Government has agreed to take back plutonium MOX fuel from Japan, saying it was unnecessary and threatened the environment and security of countries along the transport route.

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Reprocessing at Sellafield; the pros and cons

Last edited 4 June 2000 at 8:00am
Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant

Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant

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Converting existing reprocessing contracts to dry storage - a way out for BNFL

Last edited 2 June 2000 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
2 June, 2000

BNFL often claims that reprocessing must continue because contracts between them and their customers (the nuclear utilities) are legally binding. In addition, because large quantities of spent nuclear fuel have already been sent to Sellafield, and money has been paid up-front for this spent fuel to be reprocessed, it is sometimes argued that reprocessing this fuel is a commitment that cannot be broken.

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Sellafield and jobs

Last edited 2 June 2000 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
2 June, 2000

A future for West Cumbria

There is currently considerable concern amongst BNFL employees, and most people living in West Cumbria, that ending nuclear reprocessing at Sellafield would mean massive job losses and be devastating to the local area. Stopping nuclear reprocessing is nevertheless essential to protect the environment and the health of future generations, and to end the nuclear proliferation threat caused by separating nuclear weapons-usable plutonium.

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Sellafield - a local view

Last edited 31 May 2000 at 8:00am
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31 May, 2000

Martin Forwood

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Good news for the environment as British Energy calls for an end to 'the economic madness' of nuclear reprocessing

Last edited 11 May 2000 at 8:00am
11 May, 2000

Greenpeace today welcomed the news that British Energy, which manages most of the UK's nuclear power plants, has called for an end to nuclear reprocessing at British Nuclear Fuels' Sellafield plant

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BNFL's rescue plan woefully inadequate

Last edited 18 April 2000 at 8:00am
18 April, 2000

Today's response by BNFL to February's three damning inspectors' reports on Sellafield is woefully inadequate, Greenpeace said. The environmental group highlighted the continuing threat to human health and the environment from BNFL's nuclear reprocessing plant and BNFL's failure to address fundamental production and quality control problems.

Greenpeace was responding to BNFL's Chief Executive, Norman Askew, who today announced a major management restructuring and a two-year action plan called "Going Forward Safely".

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Revelations about BNFL's business and Sellafield

Last edited 17 April 2000 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
25 April, 2000

Two months on after the publication of the three safety reports

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Greenpeace/Green Action letter to NII

Last edited 17 April 2000 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
25 April, 2000

Dear Chief Inspector,
We are writing to you in advance of British Nuclear Fuel's (BNFL's) report to you on the adoption of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) recommendations contained in the NII report entitled "An investigation into the falsification of pellet diameter data in the MOX Demonstration Facility at the BNFL Sellafield site and the effect of this on the status of MOX fuel in use", UK Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, February 18th 2000...

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Critique of NII report on BNFL's MOX fuel quality control

Last edited 17 April 2000 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
14 April, 2000

Greenpeace and Green action

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