Today (10am, 1 August) Reactor 3 at the Hinkley Point B nuclear power plant will cease generation for the last time. After the closure of Reactor 4 last month, this will finally bring all electricity production at the Somerset site to a halt. Although there were calls for the plant …
Hinkley Point B Closure – The End of an Error
Hinkley Point B (HPB) may be ending electricity generation on 1st August, but the UK will be left with its legacy of nuclear waste for thousands of years. Even after generating waste for 46 years, we are still not sure what will happen to it other than a vague promise …
16 Reasons why Nuclear Generation is not the Answer!
16 Reasons why Nuclear Generation is not the Answer Leaflet – Can also be printed as a booklet if your printer has that option. 1. Radioactive Waste Legacy Nuclear power stations are radioactive waste factories. Growing amounts of radioactive waste around the world have been produced from 70 years of …
Many thanks to everyone who has helped so far in enabling Save the Severn to take legal action to stop radioactive mud being dumped in the Severn Estuary.
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 …
Citizen Science finds spread of man-made radioactivity in Bristol Channel is far more extensive than previously reported.
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 …
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 …