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Nuclear New Build
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Helping locals understand nuclear plans |
THE key areas to be affected by the proposed building of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point are being offered extra support. The Sedgemoor and West Somerset district councils' aim is to help communities understand EDF's second stage proposals for the new power station. |
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Bridgwater, The Exchange, Committee Room, TA6 4RR |
August 17 |
Bridgwater, Sydenham Community Centre, TA6 4QZ |
August 18 |
North Petherton Community Hall, TA6 6QA |
August 19 |
Otterhampton Village Hall, TA5 2QS |
August 26 |
Burnham-on-Sea, the Princess Hall, TA8 1EH |
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The consultation period for EDF Energy's second stage proposals will close on Monday, October 4. |
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EDF Consultation:
To find out more about their 'Preferred Proposals Consultation' and discuss them with members of their project team, go along to their public exhibition:
| Tues 20 July - Mon 4 October (weekdays only) 9am - 5pm |
EDF Energy office, 14 King Square,
Bridgwater TA6 3DG |
Once the second stage of consultation has closed on 4 October, EDF Energy will review all the comments received before finalising and submitting a planning applicaion to the Infrastructure Planning Commission this coming winter. See www.edfconsultation.info |
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With the new opportunities brought about by a change in Government, we urge people to write to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. We hope he sticks to his pledge not to subsidise the nuclear industry and bring on the public inquiry on nuclear justification which top academics have called for. Here is a draft letter that you can download and use unchanged or add your own words. |
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The Local Impacts.
Hinkley C will turn part of Somerset into a giant industrial site. |
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USA Enters Stiff International Competition for Next Chernobyl Explosion: The story begins with the nation that gave us the Statue of Liberty. Now, our French friends have a new type of gift to give. Electricite de France has several new, experimental reactors both under contract and under construction in several nations. |
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Lecture in Australia in March 2010 by Mark Diesendorf. The promoters of nuclear power claim that we have to choose between coal and nuclear, that there is no alternative. This is a false choice. The real choice is between dirty and dangerous technologies (coal and nuclear) on one hand and clean and safe technologies (energy efficiency and renewable energy) on the other hand.
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A Renewable World: Energy, Ecology, Equality: By Herbert Girardet and Miguel Mendonça. ISBN: 978-1900322492, Publisher: Green Books
The post-Copenhagen world requires a fresh look at the big picture. In the absence of international agreements, what steps can be taken to reduce both carbon emissions and carbon concentrations? A Renewable World features solutions on renewable energy, biosequestration, energy sufficiency, energy for developing countries, green collar jobs, cities, transport, agriculture and food, regional economies, and civil participation and democracy. It seeks to clarify what can be done, and how we can all benefit, long into the future. Chapter 9 [click here], on problematic technologies, gives a lot of info about nuclear. |
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The Stop Hinkley response to the Government's consultations on its Overarching Energy National Policy Statement (EN-1) and for Nuclear Power Generation (EN-6). February 2010 |
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In 2007, Corporate Watch produced a report on the nuclear industry titled BROKEN PROMISES: WHY THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY WON'T DELIVER By Chris Grimshaw & Olaf Bayer. Throughout its fifty year history, Britain 's nuclear industry has consistently failed to deliver on its promises. Whilst some of this material is now out of date, most of it is still relevant. The report outlined the nuclear sector and its companies; contemporary political positions; and nuclear power's history of overestimated capacities and consistent under performance: delays and budget overruns, reduced power and reliance on large government subsidy. Download here: http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=2968 |
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Terrorism: EdF wrote to the French Government after 9/11, in 2003, saying their reactors could resist a military aircraft crashing into one of their EPR reactors now proposed for Hinkley Point. It would be the responsibility of the French Government to prevent a more serious deliberate attack. Resisting is not the same as withstanding a deliberate attack, especially that of a massive jet airliner filled with fuel. The carefully worded letter just says that the ability to resist a military plane gives 'an important capacity' to the EPR to resist the impact of a commercial airliner crashing into it. Since the letter became public in 2006 through anti-nuclear group Sortir du Nuclaire, EdF claim to have reinforced the design. But the question remains, how much extra reinforcement can a reactor design take before it really needs to be taken back to square one? Read the letter from the EDF's Director Energy Department
to The Director of Radioprotection and Nuclear Security |
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Consultation events for nuclear power in West Somerset were held in November 2009.
Click here to read Richard Lawson's notes on the DECC "consultation" on the plan to build a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point.
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This report, by leading investment analysts Citigroup, pulls no punches in explaining the financial risks to companies pursuing new build. It also explains how new build isn't possible without taxpayer subsidies. |
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Brief Report on EDF Energy Hinkley Point Community Forum on 30th September 2009 at Stogursey Victory Hall By Allan Jeffery, Stop Hinkley Assistant Co-ordinator. |
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Stop Hinkley response to the DECC consultation on nuclear site nomination.
This Government consultation exercise requires respondents to reply only to set questions on particular, narrow issues. More >>> |
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Safety regulator may pull the plug on Hinkley C prototype: The nuclear regulator governing the go-ahead of the Hinkley C prototype currently being built in Finland has threatened to withold its approval because it is afraid the safety systems will not work while condemning the 'lack of professional knowledge' of those working for the design company. More>>> |
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Nuclear Power and the Probability of Severe Accidents:
The Department of Energy and Climate Change reported that the probability of a 'severe' accident, (ie one that would kill at least one hundred people), was one chance in 10 million per year for a modern nuclear reactor. In this short briefing, the comparable figure for a severe accident at the Sellafield nuclear site is set out - and compared with actual incidence of critical malfunction at the Sellafield site. Read more >>> |
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1 Aug 2008: Implications of the UK meeting its 2020 renewable energy targets. If the government is serious about renewables and energy efficiency, Britain doesn't need to build major new power stations to keep the lights on, according to this report by independent energy experts Pöyry. |
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A useful Greenpeace briefing about the safety and cost problems associated with the new reactor being built in Finland |
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Stop Hinkley's submission to the Government's 2007 Energy Review consultation |
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Link to a web-site which provides clear and independent information and analysis of the nuclear part of the new Energy Review public consultation |
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Nuclear Delusions: Extracts from a press release by Hugh Richards of Wales Anti Nuclear Alliance and used by Western Mail 27th August 2007 |
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Some thoughts and reports on nuclear new build |
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A parliamentary meeting was held at the House of Commons to put the case for a non-nuclear energy strategy. Report available. |
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Stop Hinkley meets safety regulator on 'pre-licensing' |
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Read Stop Hinkley's responce to the Government's 2006 Energy Review |
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Nuclear power is not the answer to tackling climate change or security of supply, according to the Sustainable Development Commission |
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Read the report by WWF, showing how to reduce carbon emmissions by 60% by 2020 without resorting to nuclear power |
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Read about The Environmental Audit Committee Enquiry 'Keeping the Lights On' in 2005 |
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Read Stop Hinkley's submission to 'Keeping the Lights On' enquiry in 2005 |
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Remember Chernobyl |
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