Good news from Tenner Films!

Well done to Vicki....Cant wait to see yout latest film!


Morning everyone,

A quick message to kick off this rainy Wednesday - and it's a double whammy of good news. Firstly I'm delighted to report that we successfully reached (and actually surpassed) our IndieGoGo target - hurrah! Thanks so so much to every one of the 27 people who collectively donated  a grand total of $880 - earning a nice little bonus of $44 on top of that from IndieGoGo themselves. I really am enormously grateful - all the supporters of this film constantly prove that there is an appetite for the kind of documentary we're making and it's a privilege to get your vote of confidence in this most concrete of ways. And don't forget that if you didn't manage to donate this time but still want to, you can make a contribution any time at the Tenner FIlms website - just log on to http://www.tennerfilms.com and click on Donate. 

The money raised on IndieGoGo will go towards a day's filming in London - and I'll of course keep you posted on how it goes.  Beyond that, there are exciting behind-the-scenes developments afoot at the moment which I'll tell you all about once they've progressed a little bit further. Suffice to say, things are  looking good here at Tenner Towers - and we couldn't do any of it without your support.

One other nice bit of news that reached me last night was that the latest Tenner short, Fifty Years, has been selected for this year's Document Human Rights Film Festival, taking place in Glasgow at the end of October. The full programme hasn't been published yet so I don't know the exact time or date of the screening. I'll update you once I do know but in the meantime you can find out more about the festival on their website at http://www.docfilmfest.org.uk/

Thanks again and don't forget your brolly - looks nasty out there...

Vickix

News about cooling towers

We believe that tomorrow there will be a press release issued by Horizon giving further details about the type of cooling towers they are intending to use should the site be included on the list of suitable sites in the rehashed NPSs due out this Autumn.

We are aware of it's contents and will provide comments tomorrow.

Press or media are free to contact me on 07979 560056 for comments

Find out more about the Berlin anti-nuclear protest

Check out http://www.campact.de/atom2/demo1809/home and learn all there is to know about the planned Berlin protests.

People will be travelling from all over Europe as this is going to be a massive statement by the German public about there utter contempt for even existing nuclear let alone new nuclear

Appeal to all British staff of E-on and RWE

We understand the dilemma a lot of E-on and RWE staff must be experiencing.

You are being manipulated by your employers into what is best for their shareholders and not what is best for our country.

This has come around because of the system that allows our home utilities to be owned by foreign companies with no motivation to preserve our way of life.

As the investment opportunities become smaller and smaller the greedy fiefs (as described by the German Green Party) have to go further and further and do riskier things to maintain or increase the dividends for shareholders.

We understand there will be a lot of dissatisfied staff in the UK arms of E-on and RWE who are welcome to join us or even to talk to us privately to preserve your morality and integrity.

Please feel free to contact us anytime and we will maintain your complete confidence.

Do you want to go to the protest in Berlin?

We are planning to run a small charter to Berlin close to the protest date if we can generate enough interest.

I will be unable to go as I am otherwise indisposed but if you want to go please contact me on oldburynuclear@btinternet.com

As you can see the nuclear fiefs including E-on and RWE have softened up the german government.

Berlin - German opponents of nuclear energy Monday vowed to bring mass protests to the streets, after Chancellor Angela Merkel's government agreed to extend the life of nuclear power stations.


On Sunday the cabinet reached a late-night deal which would see the country's 17 nuclear plants run on average 12 years longer than planned, with the last due to close by 2021.

A narrow majority of the public opposes the plan, according to opinion polls.

"With the decision to lengthen the nuclear power station life-cycles, the popular resistance is really going to kick off," said Jochen Stay, spokesman for an umbrella group of anti-nuclear protest groups.

Merkel on Monday appeared to reach out to the protest movement, saying their concerns had been taken seriously.

"I know that many people are very sceptical and critical of nuclear energy," she said, but advanced the view that Germany needed nuclear as well as coal as 'bridge technologies'" to reach "the era of renewable energy."

A mass demonstration has been planned for September 18 in Berlin. A year ago a similar event drew tens of thousands of anti-nuclear protestors.

The centre-right coalition government has agreed to lengthen the run-times in return for a 2.3-billion-euro (2.9 billion dollars) per year tax on fuel rods, as well as contributions from the industry to a renewable energy fund.

On Sunday as the deal was being worked out in Berlin, the opposition Green and Social Democrat parties vowed to repeal the prospective law should they win a general election scheduled for 2013.

The red-green coalition, under previous chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, took the initial decision to phase out all the country's civil nuclear reactors - now overturned by Merkel.

"I promise the government a 'hot autumn,'" said Green Party leader Claudia Roth.

Merkel's coalition has been riven by internal conflicts, including over nuclear energy strategy, since coming to power in 2009.

Copyright DPA

SANE to meet with DECC

Great news! SANE will be meeting with DECC in the next few weeks.

Will report back to you all after the meeting.

DECC NGO engagement meeting


Dear all,

Thank you for getting back to me on your availability for dates. We have now settled on the above date for the first DECC NGO engagement meeting having taken into account the availability of individuals and meeting rooms.

A sandwich lunch will be provided, please let me know of any special dietary requests. Directions to the venue are at the foot of this e mail.

I will be in touch shortly with a proposed agenda and confirmation of the attendee list.


Kind regards


Margaret Mary



Margaret Mary McLaren

Nuclear Communications

Office for Nuclear Development

Tel: 0300 068 5907

Steve Webb meets with Horizon

Steve Webb, our MP, and important protector of our community is due to meet with Horizon today.

Steve has reported to SANE that  he will be asking Horizon a set of searching questions about their plans for what would be a totally unsuitable site for such a massive development.

As soon as we hear from Steve we will feed the information back to you, the SANE membership, as key stakeholders in this matter.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank both Steve and also Matthew Riddle who are working hard to preserve the community that is The Severn Vale.