Marine and conservation groups based around the Bristol Channel, along with the Environment Agency are still awaiting a decision from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, George Eustice, on the public inquiry which considered EDF’s application to renege on its commitment to install Acoustic Fish Deterrents …
NFLA comments on Plans to Impose a Nuclear Tax on Consumers’ Bills
The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) has reacted with dismay to a debate in the House of Commons on the Nuclear Energy Financing Bill. The Nuclear Energy Financing Bill received its second reading in the House on Wednesday 3rd November. The Bill is intended to provide a …
Save the Severn Estuary Appeal
Please pledge a donation towards the costs of a Legal Action that seeks to quash EDF’s license. https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-the-severn-estuary/ The Save the Severn Coalition is an alliance of scientists, experts, individuals and organisations who are very concerned about the long-term damage that will be caused to the Severn Estuary by Hinkley …
The Cannington Chronicler
As the dust settles on decommissioned Hinkley A and the curtain falls for the last time on soon to close Hinkley B, how are things going for the biggest building site in Europe, Hinkley C? The prospect of Hinkley C riding to the rescue of a harassed electricity supply sector …
EDF’s Hinkley C Nuclear Power Station could wipe out 11 billion fish – decimating stocks in Severn Estuary for 60 years.
A condition placed on EDF by the Environment Agency (EA) when it was awarded permission to build Hinkley Point C was that Acoustic Fish Deterrents (AFDs) would be placed on the two massive cooling water intake heads 3 kilometres offshore from the nuclear site. EDF is now trying to renege …
Hinkley Point C: Silo Collapse Report Raises More Questions
EDF Energy has published its report on the Ground Granulated Blast-furnace Slag (GGBS) silo collapse which took place on the Hinkley Point C construction site on 10th June last year.
What would happen if there was a nuclear incident at Hinkley Point C
A new report has revealed the plans in place in case there is an emergency incident at Hinkley Point C. If there was a nuclear incident at the plant, the nearby population would be told to stop consuming vegetables, milk and water within 24 hours, according to the report. Hinkley …
Briefing: EDF’s Appeal against the Environment Agency’s Deemed Refusal to allow a permit variation relating to the installation of an Acoustic Fish Deterrent at Hinkley Point C
EDF’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, currently under construction in Somerset, is required in its Development Consent Order to meet a number of preconditions including the installation of an Acoustic Fish Deterrent (AFD). Read More: AFD_Briefingv2