Tag Archives: UK

Wylfa: Hitachi ‘withdraws’ from nuclear project via BBC

Posted on 2020/09/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Work on the Wylfa Newydd project on Anglesey was suspended in January last year because of rising costs after Hitachi failed to reach a funding agreement with the UK government. Isle of Anglesey council said the company had now confirmed in writing … Continue reading →

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Westminster bid to relaunch toxic plutonium reactors via The Ferret

Posted on 2020/04/26 by nfield

By Rob Edwards The UK government is trying to resurrect plutonium-powered reactors despite abandoning a multi-billion bid to make them work in Scotland. Documents released by the UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) under freedom of information law reveal that fast reactors, … Continue reading →

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Nuclear waste removal begins 30 years after power station closure via BBC

Posted on 2020/01/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Work has begun on removing nuclear waste from Berkeley power station, 30 years after it was decommissioned. The disused Magnox generator, situated on the banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire, closed in 1989. It was the world’s first commercial … Continue reading →

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Remembering the anti-nuclear protests via The Guardian

Posted on 2020/01/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Martin Forwood’s obituary takes Bridget Gubbins back to the campaigns across the UK in the 1980s and 1990s, particularly in Druridge Bay, Northumberland The death of Martin Forwood, the Cumbrian anti-nuclear campaigner (Obituary, 26 December), has brought back many memories about the … Continue reading →

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RICHARD TANTER: Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish Threat to the British Nuclear Weapons State via John Menadue: Pearls and Irritations

Posted on 2019/12/22 by nfield

The Scottish National Party election landslide win augurs more than Scottish independence – including a profound threat to the viability of Britain as a Nuclear Weapons State. Amidst the multitude of commentaries – horrified or joyous – on the Conservative victory in … Continue reading →

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Fossil fuels fall to record low proportion of UK energy mix via The Guardian

Posted on 2019/12/20 by nfield

The proportion of the UK’s power generation mix made up by fossil fuels has fallen to a record low after renewable energy became the UK’s largest source of electricity. Government figures showed the UK relied on renewables, such as wind and solar, … Continue reading →

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New form of uranium found that could affect nuclear waste disposal plans via The Guardian

Posted on 2019/12/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

by Anna Demming Research shows underground storage can create new form of element which could affect groundwater […] Many governments are planning to dispose of radioactive waste by burying it deep underground. However, new research has found that in such storage … Continue reading →

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Labour’s ‘nuclear is renewable’ claim is an insult to dead uranium miners via David Toke’s Green Energy Blog

Posted on 2019/10/24 by nfield

[…] In a ‘boiler room’ coup Labour seems to be secretly plotting to re-launch the new nuclear build programme by renaming nuclear power as ‘renewable’. Their ‘expert report’ argues that the current level of nuclear generation needs to be maintained, … Continue reading →

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イギリス 原発マネーに翻弄される町… via WBS

Posted on 2019/10/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

関西電力・高浜原発のいわゆる原発マネーの実態が大きな問題になっていますが、ブレグジットで大揺れのイギリスにも、原発マネーに翻弄される町がありました。  ビデオはイギリス 原発マネーに翻弄される町…

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Nuclear waste is piling up: Governments need to stop dithering and take action via Phys.org

Posted on 2019/09/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] In the UK, nuclear waste is currently kept in safe but high-maintenance conditions, with some canisters deteriorating, at Sellafield in Cumbria. This is costing tax payers £3 billion per year.  The new geological disposal facility is a vast underground bunker, to be buried around … Continue reading →

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