Britain

No more Fukushimas - 10-11 March 2012: Surround Hinkley Point

Posted Sun, 27/11/2011 - 2:10pm by admin

FUKUSHIMA:
The biggest industrial disaster in history.

Japan, has been brought to its knees by the ongoing events at Fukushima.

The reactors that went into meltdown in March have now melted through the foundations and 40 years of accumulated nuclear waste is emitting vast amounts of radiation, contaminating the land, sea and air. In desperation, the Japanese government is transporting and burning radioactive rubble all over Japan and exporting highly contaminated food as “aid” to developing countries.

Nuclear monster continues to torment local family

Posted Wed, 23/11/2011 - 1:00am by admin

Horizon continue to bully the Jones family of Caerdegog and have applied for compulsory powers to ascertain the suitability of their land for construction.

Horizon Nuclear Power (HNP) recently applied to Ofgem for Section D of their Electricity Generation Licence to be “switched on”. 1

Bridgwater marchers call for an end to nuclear power

Posted Sat, 01/10/2011 - 5:45pm by admin

Photographs of the anti-nuclear march and rally against EDF Energy's plan to build two new mega-reactors at Hinkley Point power station can be found at: http://stopnewnuclear.org.uk/photos. This link will also provide photos of the Stop New Nuclear camp and images of the blockade from Monday afternoon.

More than 150 people marched through Bridgwater today to protest against EDF Energy’s plan for two new mega-reactors at Somerset’s Hinkley Point nuclear power station.

Nuclear power station to become target for mass blockade

Posted Wed, 28/09/2011 - 8:37am by admin

People from all over the UK are set to descend on Hinkley Point nuclear power station to protest again EDF Energy’s plans to build two new mega-reactors next to the existing site.

More than 100 people have already pledged to join a symbolic mass blockade at the entrance to Hinkley Point in Somerset next Monday, October 3rd. On Saturday 1st October, anti-nuclear protesters will also join local residents in a march and rally close to EDF Energy’s regional HQ in nearby Bridgwater.

Cumbrian Petition Opposes the World’s Top Trump Nuke Dump

Posted Thu, 01/09/2011 - 1:49pm by DanV

Press Release – Radiation Free Lakeland -1st September 2011
Contact: Marianne Birkby 015395 63671 - email rafl[at]mariannebirkby.plus.com

Cumbrian Petition Opposes the World’s Top Trump Nuke Dump

Radiation Free Lakeland will be delivering a petition to Cumbria County
Council offices in Kendal at 11am on Monday 5th September. The petition
calls on Cumbria County Council and Copeland and Allerdale Borough
Councils to halt the Managing Radioactive Wastes Safely process by their
withdrawal . The government’s MRWS process has one agenda - “steps

Nuclear New Build and Hinkley – Important update from South-West Against Nuclear (SWAN) and Stop Nuclear Power Network (SNPN)

Posted Wed, 31/08/2011 - 2:03pm by DanV

Things are hotting up with the government and nuclear industry’s plans for nu-killer new build in Britain. If we want to put the brakes on their insane plans to build a fleet of new potential Fukushimas at up to eight sites around England and Wales, we need to get active TODAY!

BETTER ACTIVE TODAY THAN RADIOACTIVE TOMORROW!

Here are a few ideas for getting involved. We’re sure you’ll have more of your own: feel free to share and discuss!

Get informed

You’ll find a brief summary of where things are at with nuclear new build in Britain after the action suggestions below.

Campaigners welcome MOX plant closure, call for end to reprocessing

Posted Thu, 04/08/2011 - 12:00am by admin

Kick Nuclear welcomes yesterday's announcement that the mixed oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication plant at Sellafield, Cumbria is to close.

Spokesperson Nancy Birch said:

London: Non-violence training for Stop New Nuclear

Posted Fri, 08/07/2011 - 5:48pm by admin

A non-violence training for people from London interested in participating in the Stop New Nuclear blockade of Hinkley Point on 3 October will take place on Sunday, 18 September 2011.

Place: London Action Resource Centre (LARC)
Address: 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Time: 1pm-5pm

Please contact london [at] stopnewnuclear.org.uk if you are interested in this training.

Event Date and Time: 
Sun, 18/09/2011 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Stop New Nuclear newsletter no 1, July 2011

Posted Sun, 03/07/2011 - 1:27pm by admin

Dear all,

Welcome to Stop New Nuclear's first newsletter. You receive this newsletter because you have signed one of the pledges, or you signed up to the newsletter. Thank you for this.

We plan to send a newsletter to all pledgers and newsletter subscribers about once a month, and possibly more frequently in the weeks before the blockade. Feel free to share and distribute this newsletter.