Vigil

'Witch Watch' at Hinkley Point, Somerset

Posted Thu, 13/09/2012 - 8:18pm by DanV

Witch Watch happens every full moon at Hinkley Point, usually on the layby just before the main gate to Hinkley Point nuclear power station. It is a vigil and camp lasting from 1 to 3 days. It's a women's gathering, though men are welcome to visit during daylight hours.

Here are the dates for the rest of the year:

29th October

28th November

27th December

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Event Date and Time: 
Mon, 29/10/2012 - 7:00pm - Tue, 30/10/2012 - 7:00pm

Witch Watch - full moon women's vigil at Hinkley Point, 3-4 June

Posted Fri, 01/06/2012 - 1:31pm by DanV

Event Date and Time: 
Sun, 03/06/2012 - 4:00pm - Mon, 04/06/2012 - 4:00pm

Remembering Chernobyl – Giant Postcard to the Lake District National Park

Posted Thu, 26/04/2012 - 9:13am by Anonymous

Original report, plus pics: http://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/remembering-chernobyl-gi...

Posted on April 25, 2012 by mariannewildart

Today in Kendal anti-nuclear groups, Cumbria and Lancashire area CND and Radiation Free Lakeland remembered the Chernobyl disaster.

People in Kendal were keen to sign a giant postcard to the Lake District National Park Authority who have given the thumbs up to a giant nuclear dump or two under Cumbria and in just one and half hours 90 people wrote to the National Park saying:

Stop Hinkley Campaign Presents Petition to Government Against EDF’s Nuclear Plans

Posted Wed, 30/11/2011 - 1:00am by admin

The Stop Hinkley campaign 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 Electricite de France to build the UK’s largest ever nuclear power station at Hinkley Point on the Somerset coast.

Most of those who have signed come from the county of Somerset, where the new plant would be sited. EdF has submitted an application for construction to the Infrastructure Planning Commission.

London remembers Chernobyl 25 years on

Posted Wed, 27/04/2011 - 1:00am by admin
26 April 2011 - CND and Medact staged a vigil and parliamentary meeting at Portcullis House in Westminster to mark the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, the world's worst ever civil nuclear disaster.

Windscale, Chernobyl, Fukushima - never again? 25 years on from Chernobyl

Posted Mon, 25/04/2011 - 12:00am by admin

On 26th April 2011, 25 years on from Chernobyl, Radiation Free Lakeland will lay three crosses outside Carlisle Cathedral.

Windscale-Never Again? Chernobyl-Never Again? Fukushima-Never Again?

Solidarity with Japan and Fukushima! For an urgent rethink of UK nuclear energy policy

Posted Mon, 28/03/2011 - 10:19pm by admin

Weekend of decentralised actions on 9-10 April, in solidarity with Japan and Fukushima and calling for an urgent rethink of UK nuclear energy policy.

Event Date and Time: 
Sat, 09/04/2011 - 12:00am - Sun, 10/04/2011 - 11:59pm

Vigil for Fukushima

Posted Thu, 17/03/2011 - 1:32pm by admin

There will be a vigil, this Saturday from 12pm - 2pm
at the centre opposite the Hippodrome in Bristol

Called by South West Against Nuclear.
To stand in solidarity with the people of Japan in their hour of need.

From Fukushima to Hinkley point and all around the world it's time to say NO to ALL nuclear power now, it's not worth the risk.

Event Date and Time: 
Sat, 19/03/2011 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Vigil for Fukushima - say no to nuclear power

Posted Thu, 17/03/2011 - 12:36pm by admin

2-3pm, Sunday 20th March
Whitehall, opposite Downing Street

As the world watches in horror at the events unfolding at Fukushima in Japan, please join us in expressing our sympathy with those who may now be affected and call on the government to abandon plans for new nuclear power stations in the UK.

Say no to nuclear power - not worth the risk.

Organised by CND and supported by Friends of the Earth, the Green Party, Scientists for Global Responsibility, Kick Nuclear and Counterfire.

Event Date and Time: 
Sun, 20/03/2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm