An independent Citizen Science Radioactivity Survey of the Somerset and South Wales shoreline sediments shows that the spread of man-made radioactivity from reactor discharges to the Bristol Channel is far more extensive and widespread throughout the region’s coasts than previously reported. The survey was undertaken by members of Citizens’ Groups …
Chinese reactor problems likely to cause further delays and cost overruns at Hinkley Point C
The Times has reported that key safety components at Hinkley Point C (HPC) may need to be redesigned and the project delayed after defects were detected at a similar reactor in China. The newspaper says the scheduled start date for HPC electricity generation, June 2026, may have to be postponed. An …
Stop Hinkley Campaign calls on Environment Minister to Champion Biodiversity in the Severn Estuary and refuse EDF’s Appeal which could wipe out 11 billion fish.
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 …
George Eustice MP must reject EDF’s plans for a Severn Estuary Fish Killing Machine.
The Stop Hinkley campaign is calling on the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, George Eustice MP, to reject 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 is …
EDF’s Proposed dredge and dumping of mud from Hinkley C Site into Cardiff Bay and Portishead.
Campaigners from the Stop Hinkley campaign will be meeting on 29th June at Portishead near Bristol to take mud samples from the Bristol channel for analysis by the CRIRRAD Laboratory in France to provide a base line before any possible dumping of mud from the Hinkley Point C construction site …
Sizewell Planning Inspectorate to Visit Hinkley Point C
The Planning Inspectorate which is examining EDF’s proposal to build two further EPR reactors at Sizewell C in Suffolk will be visiting the Hinkley Point C site in Somerset on Tuesday 22nd June, along with some of those objecting to the proposal. Stop Hinkley campaigners will be at the ‘elephant’ …
Radioactive leak in China
The Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong province, China has two operational EPR reactors – the same type as being built at Hinkley Point C. The first entered commercial service in December 2018 and the second in September 2019. Delays at other EPR construction sites at Olkiluoto in Finland, Flamanville …
Hinkley Point C = 11 Billion Dead Fish
Stop Hinkley will be joining environmental groups in Bristol on the first day of the public enquiry into why EDF is refusing to use an Acoustic Fish Deterrent (AFD). PressRelease7June2021