European Pressurized Reactor (EPR)

Sizewell Nuclear Power Station

Posted Sat, 25/09/2010 - 3:00pm by admin

Sizewell is a nuclear power station in Suffolk, near Leiston. It is operated by British Energy, which is owned by EDF (80%) and Centrica (20%).

At present, there are two reactors at Sizewell.

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Reclaim Hinkley - London solidarity protest at DECC

Posted Thu, 13/09/2012 - 7:36pm by DanV

A demo in solidarity with the Reclaim Hinkley mass action will be held outside the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW, on Monday 8th October 2012, from 12noon to 2pm.

More info about the Reclaim Hinkley action:  http://stopnewnuclear.org.uk
Contact: kicknuclear [at] kicknuclear.org

Event Date and Time: 
Mon, 08/10/2012 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

A nuclear-free future: if Germany can do it, why can’t we?

Posted Fri, 03/02/2012 - 5:59pm by Camilla Berens

Fed up with reading George Monbiot's hogwash about the wonders of nuclear power?

Camilla Berens argues that the road to sustainability needs to be built by pioneers not procrastinators

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.

Hinkley Company Admits Faults at 60% of French Nuclear Reactors

Posted Tue, 08/03/2011 - 1:00am by admin

Electricite de France, the energy company applying to build a third power station at Hinkley Point, has admitted safety weaknesses affecting 34 of the nuclear reactors it operates in France.

The “anomaly”, highlighted by the French state regulatory body Autorité de Sureté Nucleaire ( ASN ), means that if cooling water is lost from the reactor's primary pressure circuit, the back-up water injection safety system may not be able to prevent a meltdown of the core.

French nuclear criminals EDF (Energy) exposed by London Rising Tide

Posted Wed, 29/10/2008 - 1:00am by admin
London Rising Tide's Greenwash Guerillas Brigade, Detection Platoon #1, moved into action this morning at 08:00 hours – targeting dirty great energy corporation Électricité de France (EDF) at the central London headquarters (HQ) of their UK subsidiary EDF Energy.

Nuclear-free footsteps

Posted Tue, 28/10/2008 - 1:00am by admin

This summer, I was one of nine walkers to complete a gruelling 84-day, 1000+ mile International Walk towards a Nuclear-Free Future from London to Geneva, through France.

Weekend of resistance to nuclear power in Finland

Posted Sun, 19/10/2008 - 1:00am by admin

A weekend of resistance to nuclear power is currently underway in Finland, the country where the world's first "European Pressurised Reactor" , or EPR, is under construction.
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