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07 Feb 12: Concerned Locals Take to the Trees at Hinkley Point: Early this morning concerned locals occupied threatened ancient oak trees at the proposed site for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point near Bridgwater in Somerset . More>>> |
06 Feb 12: All work on Hinkley Point C nuclear power station must be halted: Stop Hinkley campaigners are highlighting the significance of the report, ‘A Corruption of Governance?' in relation to Électricité de France's new nuclear build project, Hinkley Point C, in Somerset. More>>> |
02 Feb 12: Report shows successive Ministers and Parliament were misled on case for nuclear power: A new report, A Corruption of Governance, exposes that the evidence given to Ministers and Parliament, promoting the use of nuclear power, was a false summary of the analysis carried out by government departments. More>>> |
30 Nov 11: Stop Hinkley Campaign Presents Petition to Government Against EDF's Nuclear Plans: Stop Hinkley is to present a petition with more than 12,750 signatories to the government department responsible for the UK 's policy on nuclear power. The petition shows the strength of opposition to plans by energy company EdF to build the UK 's largest ever nuclear power station at Hinkley Point. More>>> |
03 Oct 11: Hinkley Point blockaders declare victory over EDF Energy: Anti-nuclear protesters have declared the mass blockade at Hinkley Point today as a victory over EDF Energy. The nine-hour blockade attracted supporters from all over the UK. More>>> |
03 Oct 11: Blockaders release 206 balloons to spotlight radiation threat: Protesters blocking the entrance to Hinkley Point nuclear power station will release a total of 206 helium balloons at midday. Each balloon represents a day that has passed since the catastrophic explosions at the Fukushima power plant in Japan. More>>> |
02 Oct 11: Workers at Hinkley C nuclear power plant in for a raw deal: A leading environmental activist warned today that jobs at EDF Energy's proposed nuclear power plant in Somerset would either be non-existent or 'from the bottom of the barrel.' More>>> |
01 Oct 11: Bridgwater marchers call for an end to nuclear power: More than 150 people marched through Bridgwater today to protest against EDF Energy's plan for two new mega-reactors at Somerset's Hinkley Point nuclear power station. More>>> |
27 Sep 11: Hinkley Point nuclear site targeted for mass blockade: People from all over the UK are set to descend on Hinkley Point nuclear power station next week to protest against EDF Energy's plans to build two new mega-reactors next to the existing site. More>>> |
14 Sep 11: EDF Breaks Planning Conditions at Hinkley Point: EDF has broken a time limit condition attached to its planning permission to remove a spoil heap from the Hinkley Point site, the Stop Hinkley campaign has discovered. More>>> |
26 Aug 11: Doubt Cast on Integrity of Hinkley Reactor Design: Further doubt has been cast on the integrity of the new nuclear reactor design proposed for Hinkley Point in Somerset following a series of criticisms by French safety regulators. More>>> |
29 Jul 11: West Somerset Councillors Could Live to Regret Groundworks Approval: The decision by West Somerset Council to approve major groundworks at Hinkley Point has allowed energy company EdF to "jump the gun" on its plans for a nuclear power station, the Stop Hinkley campaign said today. More>>> |
29 Jul 11: Nuclear power plant decision branded a travesty by campaigners: Anti-nuclear campaigners have slammed a council's decision to allow EDF Energy to begin clearing land earmarked for a nuclear reactor. And they pledged to step-up their campaign of direct action against the energy giant. More>>> |
21 Jul 11: Stop Hinkley Condemns Council Recommendation to Approve EDF Preparatory Work on Hinkley C Power Station: The Stop Hinkley campaign has condemned West Somerset Council planners' decision to recommend approval for "preparatory works" on EDF's proposed new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point. More>>> |
18 Jul 11: Activists slam government decision on 'new nuclear' power: An anti-nuclear alliance has branded the government's decision to give the green light to a new generation of nuclear power stations as, 'grossly irresponsible'. And the campaigners have vowed to step up plans for a mass blockade of Hinkley Point nuclear power station this autumn. More>>> |
06 Jul 11: Environment Agency meeting on Hinkley Point contamination: Officials from the Environment Agency met with local Councillors and officers, representatives of Green Audit and Stop Hinkley at Rivers House, Bridgwater on 1st July to discuss the allegations of radioactive contamination at the site earmarked at Hinkley Point for the proposed new nuclear power reactors by the French company EdF Energy. More>>> |
01 Jul 11: "Government Tried to Play Down Effects of Japanese Accident" - Stop Hinkley Campaign: The Stop Hinkley campaign will be raising the issue of the dangerously cosy relationship between the nuclear industry and the government at a meeting in London next week. This follows revelations that government officials tried to play down the potential effect of the Fukushima accident in Japan on the UK 's nuclear ambitions. More>>> |
18 May 11: New Research Shows Effect of Fukushima Scale Accident at Hinkley: On the day that the government's interim report on safety following the Fukushima nuclear accident was published, a hypothetical modeling of a similar tsunami event at Hinkley Point power station in Somerset shows that it would have disastrous consequences. More>>> |
19 Apr 11: Stop Hinkley supporter denounces SAGE & urges adoption of ECRR risk model: A Stop Hinkley member has criticised the government body handling the Fukushima crisis - Scientific Advice Group in Emergencies - by continuing to minimise the impact and underplay the health risks. More>>> |
08 Apr 11: French Nuclear Safety Authority says proposed Hinkley C reactor design is "very compromised": Stop Hinkley today expressed concern at warnings from the French Nuclear Safety Authority, ASN, about the dangers of the Hinkley C reactor design. More>>> |
31 Mar 11: The Environment Agency ignores local people's request for transparent investigation into claim of contaminated land on Hinkley C site: The Environment Agency has failed to carry out a transparent investigation into allegations that land at the proposed Hinkley C nuclear site is contaminated with enriched uranium. More>>> |
17 Mar 11: Campaigners step up demand for action over contaminated Hinkley land after Japan disaster: Campaigners have sent an open letter to West Somerset Council, asking them to coordinate action over land found to be contaminated on the proposed Hinkley C site. More>>> |
12 Mar 11: Japanese Accident Sends Warning Signal Over Hinkley C Plans: The nuclear accident in Japan is a stark warning of the dangers of nuclear power in this country, the Stop Hinkley campaign said today. More>>> |
08 Mar 11:
Hinkley Company Admits Faults at 60% of French Nuclear Reactors: The energy company applying to build a third power station at Hinkley Point, has admitted safety weaknesses affecting 34 of the nuclear reactors it operates in France. The "anomaly" means that if cooling water is lost from the reactor's primary pressure circuit, the back-up water injection safety system may not be able to prevent a meltdown of the core. More>>> |
28 Feb 11: Stop Hinkley Responds to Latest EDF Nuclear Plans: The Stop Hinkley campaign has responded to the publication by French energy company EDF of its revised (Stage 3) proposals 1 for the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point. These are our comments: More>>> |
12 Jan 11: Radioactive Contamination of proposed nuclear site at Hinkley Point: In a report for Green Audit, analysis is presented showing the presence of enriched uranium contamination on the site proposed for the new nuclear reactors. Examining gamma spectroscopy radioactivity data tables that formed part of the Environment Impact Statement EIS supplied by EDF Energy, it was possible to show that the 2square kilometer site contained approximately 10 tonnes of enriched uranium reactor fuel. More>>> |
30 Dec 10: New Alliance Warns of Pre-Emptive Strike by Nuclear Industry: The nuclear industry is already starting site preparation works at two of its favoured locations for new power stations - even before it has applied for permission to build the plants. This warning that the industry is "jumping the gun" comes from a new alliance of local organisations opposed to the government's plans for a nuclear revival. More>>> |
16 Dec 10: Backdoor Subsidies Introduced to Prop Up Hinkley C: The coalition government has torn up its "no subsidy for nuclear" commitment with a series of measures aimed at financially supporting the construction of new nuclear power stations like Hinkley Point C in West Somerset, according to the Stop Hinkley campaign. More>>> |
23 Nov 10: EDF Energy slammed for cruelty to badgers: Energy giant EDF Energy has been blasted for breaching conservation guidelines and forcing a colony of badgers off land earmarked for a controversial nuclear power station. And environmentalists warn that future corner-cutting could put lives at risk if construction of the two new reactors in Somerset gets the green light. More>>> |
19 Oct 10: Response to Huhne announcement on nuclear and tidal power: The EdF dream to export its nuclear technology to the United States looks shattered after its partner company has withdrawn from the project to build four EPR reactors. More>>> |
15 Oct 10: EdF's American nuclear dream shattered: The EdF dream to export its nuclear technology to the United States looks shattered after its partner company has withdrawn from the project to build four EPR reactors. More>>> |
17 Sep 10: Doubts over Hinkley C economics: Doubts over debt-ridden EdF's plan to export the ailing French EPR reactor to Somerset have been raised by the French Government and a UK energy professor. Energy expert, Professor Stephen Thomas, has written hard-hitting statements on the risks surrounding EdF's plight, suggesting Hinkley C may never be built, or worse still just half-built and dependent on a Government rescue. More>>> |
12 Sep 10: Successful Hinkley demo: Protestors blocked the Hinkley Point main gates for almost an hour this liunch-time as they demonstrated against the premature destruction of up to 435 acres of open land and wildlife habitats before major consents are approved for the two giant reactors proposed by EdF. More>>> |
08 Sep 10: Protest at Hinkley Point: Campaigners will protest at Hinkley Point on Sunday lunchtime against plans to destroy many acres of open countryside well in advance of major consents being agreed for two proposed nuclear reactors. More>>> |
15 Jul 10: Government re-consultation causes delay in nuclear policy: Energy Minister Charles Hendry today announced there will be a re-consultation of the widely criticised Energy National Policy Statements (NPS). Originally expected to be ready by the end of July, Hendry has said it will not be ready until Spring next year when Parliament can debate it. More>>> |
10 Jul 10: Hinkley site to be razed before full planning permission: Up to five hundred acres of species-rich woodland, hedgerows and fields may be destroyed by EdF even before it receives full planning consent from the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) to build its two massive nuclear reactors. More>>> |
16 May 10: Hinkley C application slips amidst uncertainty: The anticipated date for the Hinkley C planning application to the Infrastructure Planning Commission has slipped by four months from 2nd August to 1st December. This is the second delay in the application which was originally expected at the beginning of July. The delay comes amidst new uncertainty over the project following the appointment of an anti-nuclear Energy Secretary Chris Huhne. More>>> |
06 May 10: Council stands up to Hinkley over earthworks application: A planning application by EdF to dig some twenty trenches close to the village of Shurton has been turned down by West Somerset District Council. Permission for the trenches was requested by EdF in order to ascertain the nature and depth of the soil above rock in an area as close as 100 metres from nearby houses in Shurton. The planning committee threw out the application saying that there was no justification for so many trenches especially so near to the village. More>>> |
12 Mar 10: Stop Hinkley supports call for nuclear inquiry: Stop Hinkley campaigners are supporting calls from the Liberal Democrats and the Nuclear Consultation Group of academics for a public inquiry into the Justification of new nuclear power. Yesterday a meeting was convened at the Houses of Parliament by Michael Meacher MP, former Energy Minister and Simon Hughes MP, Lib-Dem Shadow Energy spokesman on the demand for an open, thorough and transparent public inquiry into the Justification of nuclear build. More>>> |
09 Mar 10: Jonathon Porritt to speak out against Hinkley C: The famous environmentalist Jonathon Porritt will speak out against building new reactors at Hinkley Point in a public meeting in Taunton 's Temple Methodist Church next Tuesday, 16th March. Jonathon Porritt has a long and respected track record on environmental issues, heading groups such as Friends of the Earth, The Sustainable Development Commission and Forum for the Future. More>>> |
22 Feb 10: Stop Hinkley protestor arrested in Sizewell blockade: A Stop Hinkley active member has been arrested this morning during an ongoing blockade of Sizewell nuclear power station. He had 'locked on' to a concrete post together with ten other campaigners, blocking the entrance road to Sizewell power station. More>>> |
15 Jan 10: No Local Voice in Nuclear Decision: Stop Hinkley Protest at EDF offices: Supporters of the Stop Hinkley campaign demonstrated outside the offices of EDF in Bridgwater today in protest at the lack of real local involvement in their proposal to build a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point. Twenty five Stop Hinkley supporters wore gags to symbolise the fact that local voices have been silenced. More>>> |
07 Jan 10: Nuclear Not Needed To Keep Lights On - Government Adviser: A new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point isn't needed either to keep the lights or to combat climate change, a meeting of the Stop Hinkley campaign group was told. Tom Burke, CBE, a government adviser on energy matters, told the meeting that Britain could carry on generating enough electricity for our needs well beyond the supposed crunch period of 2015-20, even without new nuclear stations like the proposed Hinkley C. More>>> |
22 Dec 09:
Top environmentalists boost campaign: Top environmentalist Professor Tom Burke CBE is giving a boost to Stop Hinkley's campaign to oppose Hinkley C by speaking at a public meeting together with Greenpeace's Ben Ayliffe. Later Jonathon Porritt will also speak in Taunton. More>>> |
| 27 Nov 09: Safety regulator slams reactor design: The Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) today announced they have major concerns over key aspects of the safety systems in the EPR reactor proposed for Hinkley Point. They state they would not issue a license for the reactor unless the Control and Instrumentation system is fixed. A top nuclear consultant suggests the error could hold up the UK nuclear project by up to three years. More>>> |
| 09 Nov 09: National Policy Statement on nuclear power: The Government will announce a draft nuclear National Policy Statement (NPS) as part of a package of six such policy statements around energy issues. It will also publish a draft 'Justification' document as part of an EU process new to nuclear new build. The following is part of a Greenpeace briefing on the NPS and the Justification process followed by Stop Hinkley responses. More>>> |
| 22 Oct 09: Hinkley C on new Planning Commission list: A new Government quango, the Infrastructure Planning Commission, today declared Hinkley C as one of its first tranche of planning projects. The IPC requires applicants, such as EdF who want to build two reactors at the Hinkley site, to ensure they consult the public thoroughly on the project. But campaigners are unhappy with a deliberately speeded-up process which does not allow fair scrutiny. More>>> |
| 22 Oct 09: EdF enticed councils to restrict public information on Hinkley C planning: Probably illegal contracts make Hinkley planning issues secret. EdF, who plan to build two reactors at Hinkley Point, have insisted upon a series of supposedly legally binding agreements with local councils allowing EdF to exclude certain planning information from the Freedom of Information Act, despite legal advice to councils that they cannot 'contract out' of the FoI Act. More>>> |
| 19 Oct 09: New reactor containment 'may not withstand high winds': The US safety regulator has deemed that the containment structure of a reactor, possibly destined for Oldbury and other UK sites, 'may not withstand a tornado, earthquake or even high winds'. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has directed the designers to strengthen the outer shell which protects the reactor's containment structure as it does not meet their requirements for safety. More>>> |
| 02 Oct 09: Is nuclear new build on the wane?: There is increasing evidence that the plans by foreign companies EdF and Eon to build nuclear reactors in the West Country may be on the wane. A fresh report by the Adam Smith Institute provides some doubt over the plans of the respective companies due to changes of circumstances in their own countries. More>>> |
| 17 Jul 09: EDF to pay local councils in Hinkley planning deal: EdF Energy, who plan to build two giant nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point are to pay the local councils for their part in the planning process. Hidden deep in a lengthy joint press release from Somerset, Sedgemoor and West Somerset Councils is the proposition that EdF Energy would pay a fee to the councils for their part in the planning process around the proposed new reactors. More>>> |
| 17 Jul 09: EDF to pay local councils in Hinkley planning deal: EdF Energy, who plan to build two giant nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point are to pay the local councils for their part in the planning process. Hidden deep in a lengthy joint press release from Somerset, Sedgemoor and West Somerset Councils is the proposition that EdF Energy would pay a fee to the councils for their part in the planning process around the proposed new reactors. More>>> |
| 01 Jul 09: Nuclear Regulator concerns over new reactor Nuclear Safety Systems: Campaigners are worried that regulators' concerns about a French reactor due to be built at Hinkley Point may be overridden when it comes to licensing the design. In today's Times the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate said it has serious reservations about the Control and Instrumentation system which monitors the station's performance and oversees nuclear safety. More>>> |
| 13 Jun 09: Audit Commission brought in over land donation and £2 million grant to nuclear energy centre: Stop Hinkley has referred Sedgemoor Council's recent donation of public land for the nuclear energy centre to the Audit Commission. It has also reported the donation of £1.9 million by the South West Development Agency (SWRDA) as unfairly subsidising the nuclear industry. More>>> |
| 29 May 09: Council's secret land donation to nuclear training centre: The Executive of Sedgemoor District Council has secretly agreed to donate a plot of publicly owned land to the Energy Skills Centre at Bridgwater College . The centre aims to provide training in nuclear skills. The decision was made at a special evening meeting of the executive which was ostensibly to debate the proposed new nuclear site at Hinkley Point. More>>> |
| 10 May 09: 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>>> |
| 16 Apr 09: Call to oppose Hinkley nomination: Stop Hinkley is calling on members of the public to oppose yesterday's nomination of Hinkley Point as a site for two giant nuclear reactors to be built by French group EDF. Hinkley was one of eleven sites nominated by the Government as part of its Strategic Siting Assessment consultation. The public now has one month to make comments on the nominated sites. More>>> |
| 02 Apr 09: Hinkley C partner 'facing bankruptcy': The French nuclear design and engineering company Areva is facing severe financial trouble. Experts examining Areva's cash situation just days before its accounts are published show that it is "staring down the barrel of business failure" with a 3 billion Euro bail-out request from the French Government. Overrun costs of its reactor build in Finland have left the project facing a 5.4 billion Euro bill. More>> |
| 09 Mar 09: Justifying the unjustifiable: Stop Hinkley has supported calls from a group of academics for an inquiry into the issue of 'Justification' for new reactors such as Hinkley C. Currently the government is conducting a public consultation on the balance between advantages of operating nuclear reactors and the disadvantages of linked health effects. But Secretary of State Ed Milliband will decide the outcome despite his public support for nuclear power. More >>> |
| 23 Jan 09: New Govt guidelines ease the way for nuclear: The Government today issued its criteria for new nuclear sites as EdF announced its intention to nominate Hinkley Point for two giant reactors. The Government response to its recent Strategic Site Assessment consultation showed all the signs of bowing to the industry while squeezing out critical views in a move which will ease nuclear new build in the West Country. More >>> |
| 23 Jan 09: Government nuclear clean-up firm nominates Oldbury for new nuclear build: Shut Oldbury campaigners reacted with shock and surprise at the nomination of Oldbury as a site for a new nuclear power station. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority today announced the nomination of four UK sites for purchasers to build new nuclear power stations on, including Oldbury in South Gloucestershire. More >>> |
| 20 Jan 09: Council's secret nuclear cash request: A Sedgemoor District Council officer made a secret request for three-quarters of a million pounds from two nuclear companies to help with planning issues for Hinkley C, raising questions of conflict of interest and triggering a row with neighbouring West Somerset District Councillors. More >>> |
| 27 Nov 08: Oldbury set for nuclear expansion: Shut Oldbury campaigners are angry with Government plans to sell off land at Oldbury to build a second nuclear reactor. The state-owned Nuclear Decommissioning Authority today set in motion the auction of land adjacent to Oldbury. Campaigners say a new reactor on the Severn could be dangerous and harmful to local people's health. The NDA is jumping the gun as the results of a consultation on potential nuclear sites have not yet been announced. More >>> |
| 02 Oct 08: Top consultant to voice concerns over new Hinkley reactors: The UK 's leading independent nuclear engineer, John Large of Large & Associates, will speak at a public meeting in Bridgwater. John Large has written extensive reports evaluating the new Generation III reactor plant likely to be built at Hinkley. More >>> |
| 29 Sep 08: Study on local public acceptance of new nuclear power stations: Stop Hinkley (Shut Oldbury) campaigners have welcomed a five year Cardiff University study that shows only qualified support for nuclear new build in communities near potential sites. More >>> |
| 24 Sep 08: Response to BE takeover by EDF: Stop Hinkley campaigners have reacted angrily to today's announcement that EDF has purchased nuclear operators British Energy who own Hinkley Point B , paving the way to two new giant reactors on the West Somerset coast. EDF have made a higher offer on the company which owns eight nuclear power stations in a move which paves the way for nuclear expansion in the west-country, particularly at Hinkley Point. More >>> |
| 11 Sep 08: New plans for German/French reactor at Oldbury: Campaigners reacted angrily to news that German energy utility E.ON is planning to build a nuclear reactor on the banks of the River Severn at Oldbury in Gloucestershire. The company is negotiating a deal with National Grid to connect a 1600 megawatt reactor on the site where it is interested in buying land from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority who own the existing 450 megawatt reactor. More >>> |
| 11 Aug 08: More anti-terror police at power stations: Stop Hinkley campaigners fear that extra armed nuclear police will restrict their protests against developments at Hinkley Point. Stop Hinkley has already found that its website is monitored by Bridgwater police who have telephoned the group at an early stage when protests might be likely. More >>> |
| 24 Jul 08: EdF set to buy Hinkley company: Campaigners have railed at the news that French government owned EdF are set to buy British Energy who own Hinkley Point B and seven other UK nuclear power stations. EdF look set to increase their bid. Stop Hinkley campaigners are concerned about poor maintenance at nuclear plants operated by EdF's sister company Areva which this week led to one hundred nuclear workers becoming contaminated at a reactor near Avignon. More >> |
| 09 Jul 08: New planning laws restrict public say on reactors: New planning laws currently going through parliament will restrict the public's voice on proposed new reactors at Hinkley and Oldbury. The Planning Reform Bill is now with the House of Lords following a Commons vote contested by 68 labour rebels and the Liberal Democrats. More >>> |
| 11 Jun 08: Immigrant rules to be relaxed for nuclear workers: The government is to relax immigration rules in order to fill jobs in the nuclear industry, following predictions that the UK will have insufficient workers to build the planned fleet of nuclear power stations. More >>> |
| 08 Jun 08: Stop Hinkley steps up campaign: The Stop Hinkley campaign has appointed a high-flying new campaigner in response to EdF's plans to build two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point. David Taylor, Alan Jeffery and Richard Carder were appointed as 'Spokesman', 'Assistant Coordinator' and 'North Somerset Representative' respectively at a Stop Hinkley meeting. More >>> |
| 13 May 08: Wind-farm rights sold to nuclear developer: The rights to West Hinkley wind-farm have been sold off to Electricite de France who have already announced their intention to build one or two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point. More >>>>> |
| 09 May 08: EDF buys Hinkley land for reactor: French-owned utility EDF has quietly bought up land next to Hinkley Point in a move which furthers the likelihood of a third nuclear reactor being built there. At a British Energy 'community meeting' at Cannington recently British Energy and BERR suggested that two reactors could be built at Hinkley. More >>>>> |
| 28 Apr 08: Bid to build unproven reactor at Oldbury: Shut Oldbury campaigners reacted with dismay at proposals to build an unproven nuclear reactor at the Oldbury site in South Gloucestershire. A consortium is bidding to build a Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactor at the site where the existing corroded reactor is due to close at the end of this year. More >>>>> |
| 10 Jan 08: Response to Hutton announcement: Stop Hinkley has responded with disappointment at the Government's formal announcement to allow a new fleet of reactors with Hinkley a favoured site. The Business Secretary John Hutton formally invited private companies to "bring forward" their plans to build nuclear reactors but campaigners said that there was nothing to stop them doing so before now except the enormous cost that has prevented privately built reactors anywhere in the world up to now. More >>>>>>> |
| 09 Jan 08: Media event at Hinkley Point: A group of environmental campaigners will voice their protest at the Government announcement to back a new generation of nuclear power stations due to be made tomorrow lunchtime. Energy Secretary will announce a new Nuclear Bill and Energy White Paper to the House of Commons. Stop Hinkley campaigner, Charlie Graham will take interviews near Hinkley Point accompanied by representatives from other local groups. More >>>>>>> |
| 08 Jan 08: Anger at Cabinet nuclear decision: Stop Hinkley campaigners have responded with anger at today's Cabinet decision to support a new generation of nuclear power stations, in advance of the expected announcement of the Energy white Paper and Nuclear Bill on Thursday lunch-time. But the local group poses the question - Just what's new in the government's pledge? More >>>>>>> |
| 04 Jan 08: Campaigners support academics' condemnation of nuclear plans: An academic report condemning the Government's plans to push though a new generation of nuclear power stations has the backing of Stop Hinkley. The group of academics who specialise in nuclear, energy or public consultation issues has criticised the Government's most recent Energy Review as not addressing the risks from radiation, disposal of nuclear waste and vulnerability to a terrorist attack. More >>>>>>> |
| 27 Nov 07: Campaigners oppose move towards Hinkley: Campaigners reacted angrily to moves by British Energy towards building a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point. Hinkley Point was today announced by British Energy as one of four sites in the UK where they would like to build a new reactor. All the potential sites are in England, highlighting Scotland 's opposition to nuclear power and despite British Energy's headquarters being based in East Kilbride. More >>>> |
| 28 Sep 07: Stop Hinkley third group in national consultation: Supporters of local campaign group Stop Hinkley submitted more than one in 10 of the letters in last year's Government Energy Review, making it the most significant group after Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace in the national consultation. More >>>> |
| 25 May 07: Hinkley, Oldbury and Berkeley listed for new reactors: Three West Country sites have been favoured for new nuclear reactors. The DTI commissioned report was slipped out amongst the hundreds of pages published yesterday. Hinkley Point is at the top of the list showing the industry's favoured sites for building the nuclear plants proposed by the Government in its Energy White Paper. More >>>>> |
| 24 May 07: Consultation underplays nuclear risk at every point: The forcibly relaunched Nuclear Consultation by the Government seriously underplays the risk from nuclear power at every point. Stop Hinkley campaigners have noted a series of concerns about the Government's document laying out its favoured position over nuclear power, which they feel misinforms the public on nuclear risks and does not present the position of critics. More >> |
| 23 May 07: Dismay at plans for Hinkley C. Stop Hinkley campaigners have expressed their dismay at the Government plans expected this afternoon to announce Hinkley Point as a site for a new generation of nuclear power stations. More >>>>> |
| 16 Feb 07: CAMPAIGNERS RAIL AT NEW HINKLEY PLANS Local campaigners have responded angrily to plans to site a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point. British Energy have for the first time publicly announced their intention to build a third power station in West Somerset . The Stop Hinkley campaigners list a host of reasons on environmental, health, safety and terrorism grounds as to why the plant should never be built. More >>>>> |
| 15 Feb 07: High Court judgement welcomed by campaigners. Campaigners welcomed a High Court judgement which today said the Government's recent Energy Review, promoting nuclear power, was 'deeply flawed' and 'misleading'. The judge declared that the Government had not been open on areas such as nuclear waste and costs of the nuclear project and a new Review must take place. More >>>>> |
| 09 Jul 06: Government needs European cooperation on carbon to pay for nuclear: Early signals about the Government Energy Review suggest that it will not subsidise nuclear new build but will try and jig the electricity market in its favour by putting up the price of carbon-emitting generators. One analyst has said this carries much future uncertainty, which may not attract city investors to the industry. |
| 13 Jun 06: Campaigners rail at Brown's support for nuclear. Stop Hinkley campaigners have expressed dismay at a signal from Gordon Brown that he supports Tony Blair's revival of the nuclear industry. The Chancellor wrote an article suggesting reforms to energy policy which include nuclear power. This has dismayed campaigners who felt Brown might hold out against Blair's thrust to nuclear due to its unfavourable economics. |
| 05 Apr 06: Green Party top speaker: 'nuclear is not the answer' The Principle speaker for the Green Party began a national Climate-Change tour in Bridgwater on Monday with the message that nuclear power is not the answer to global warming problems or our energy needs. |
| 21 Mar 06: Taunton meeting to question need for nuclear. A public meeting in Taunton will discuss the need for new nuclear power stations, currently under consultation by the Government's energy review team. Friends of the Earth's, Roger Higman, will head a threesome of speakers who will deliver arguments in favour of bridging the energy gap with renewables coupled with energy conservation. |
| 20 Mar 06: Nuclear no help to climate change, meeting told. Nuclear power could reduce harmful carbon emissions by only eight percent while saving electricity would save 30 percent, was the message from speakers at a Burnham meeting last week. |
| 08 Mar 06: Nuclear decision would stifle local green energy. An academic from Warwick University slated the Government for missing an opportunity to switch the national grid system to one which favours localised and small-scale electricity production. |
| 27 Feb 06: Climate Change - is nuclear power the answer? People in West Somerset will have a chance to hear and discuss how climate change can be averted and whether a third nuclear power station at Hinkley Point will be needed. |
| 13 Jan 06: Don't create a local terrorist target. Stop Hinkley supports the Greenpeace view that a new nuclear power station at Hinkley or Oldbury would be an unforgivable mistake due to the risk of terrorism. |
| 09 Jan 06: Five-fold increase in n-waste from new power stations. Stop Hinkley campaigners have reacted angrily to a report that a new generation of nuclear power stations, potentially including Hinkley C and Oldbury B, would produce much more dangerous nuclear waste than that declared by BNFL. |
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