Stop Hinkley’s supporters contributions were fantastic and enabled us to start the legal process for a Judicial Review to halt EDF’s destruction of the most protected Marine Environment in the UK. The Judicial Review will take place in London on 8-10th March. By then we will need a further £50,000 …
When Climate Change meets Nuclear
Stop Hinkley member Katy Attwater is engaged in ongoing work with ONR on climate change and it’s threat to Nuclear commercial and military sites around the UK. Our view at Stop Hinkley is that the Government, the ONR and the Nuclear Industry is not taking seriously the threat of Climate …
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 …
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 …