Which failed reactor will Horizon choose?

The time is nigh when Horizon must come out of the closet and commit to one of the two options available.

There is the EPR the favoured reactor of E.on , the same system that is still being built in Olkiluoto, seems so many years since my visit.....a total financial failure or the APR 1000 from Westinghouse the favoured supplier of RWE.

Given Cameron's new tryst and dalliance with his old chum Sarkozy we can only imagine that the Teutonic giants are going to be asked nicely by Mr C that they buy the kit off Areva so that we Brits get a few jobs in this really exciting 21st century kettle boiling exercise .....super heated steam.

My bet is on the French , the nation that hasn't got a clue about energy efficiency, providing us with the latest duff version of the outdated nuclear kit.

Hinkley 2030, Oldbury 2035? Any advance?

The end of nuclear at Oldbury?

After having the sickening and sad nuclear industry foisted upon this agricultural haven in the very early 60s Oldbury can finally wave goodbye to this archaic 1940s way of generating high risk electricity.

It is a great relief to the SANe support and community that the end game approaches.

We now urge the German public and government to counsel their avaricious energy businesses , e.on and RWE to withdraw from their plans to build new nukes at either Wylfa or Oldbury.

We could understand if the partners in Horizon Nuclear sold the potential packages on to other investors, the people of Europe and your kin folk in Germany want you to stop this development now!

Farmers bullied!

http://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/106458/anglesey-farmer-refuses-to-sell-land-to-wylfa-b-developers.aspx

Check this article out

Farmers bullied!

http://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/106458/anglesey-farmer-refuses-to-sell-land-to-wylfa-b-developers.aspx

Check this article out

Horizon up to their horrible tricks again! Farmers Bullied!

Horizon employing bully boy tactics by getting compulsory rights from Ofgem to investigate the land of a farmer in wylfa, north Wales even though he and his son do not want to sell their land.

http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Pages/MoreInformation.aspx?docid=189&refer=Licensing/Work

Please pass this message on to all you know.

Apparently, this is the first stage before compulsory purchase.

RWE to pull out of nuclear in the UK

Hi All,




http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/07/rwe-uk-nuclear-power



This article confirms what SANE and Urgewald knew in April following the RWE Shareholders Conference in Essen in April.



German involvement in nuclear worldwide is dead!



Bring on Gazprom to invest in new nukes in the UK!



We feel insecure buying gas of Russia but I am sure the government will feel quite content about having a Russian compny building and operating new nukes in the UK......



Looks as though we will not be making out trip back to Essen in April unless it is to thank the Boards of RWE for wise decisions to terminate the construction of new nukes.



We thank the German public, investors in RWE and E.on and the government of Angela Merkel for offering the leadership that is not being offered in the UK.....SANE Thanks You!



Get ready for the Shepperdine Renewables Festival next year!!



Best Wishes



Reg

Hinckley Point, Somerset

Hello all,

This update:

Preparing for the blockade

Camp 1st-3rd Oct

Bus from Bristol

Bristol City Council

& Letter to Chris Huhne

We have just two weeks before the big blockade of Hinkley point power station. It is also a few weeks before Edf are allowed to start to trash the site, they may sit on their hands for a while however with economic and political uncertainty about new nuclear as it is... lets keep up the pressure and stop them for good!

It is time to sit down with your friends and affinity groups and figure out what you are going to wear/play/do on the day, is it street theatre, singing, painting? We have been chatting about knitting a roadblock/woolen reactor sarcophagus/circle of futility/ squares for Fukushima, (you had to be there) if you want to join in bring some wool and needles with you! At least we'll be nice and warm : )

If you plan to be at the weekend camp; Saturday to Monday, please register here:

 

http://stopnewnuclear.org.uk/register 

 

or you wont know where to go, and we wont know to expect you.

If you want to take the coach from Bristol on Monday morning, (8.30 am, outside @Bristol £10/£6 waged/unwaged) please let us know as soon as possible so we know how many seats we need. Tickets will be on sale at Booty, 82 Colston St, Bristol from the end of next week. The coach will arrive at the blockade around 10am as part of the second wave of blockaders.

We have received a sympathetic response from Bristol city council about the city's evacuation plan. It seems they don't approve of nuclear new build either, however they feel powerless to do anything about it. We think they should become a nuclear free local authority, (NFLA) which would give them the support of a national network and resources to fight on issues like the shipment of nuclear waste through the city.  Several councillors approached us and offered to help guide us through the system to get our questions heard and get effective responses.  If you are interested in joining a working group to pursue this please contact Ali:

 

alisonfarnon@yahoo.co.uk 

Whats the evacuation plan? has been echoing around the world as different campaigns seek clarification on the responsibilities and preparedness of the nuclear industry for accidents such as Fukushima. See the attached letter to Chris Huhne, energy secretary. Please personalise and send it to him at:

 

chris.huhne@decc.gsi.gov.uk  

 

It was originally written by Pete Rowberry of Suffolk.

See you soon

SWAN

 

Letter to Chris Huhne:

 

To: Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP,

You will see from the attached link that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in the United States are insisting that estimated for timescales for evacuation of areas around nuclear power stations need to be provided

(see Google news http://www.facebook.com/l/AAQA74uGqAQAAK9fLp8a9BhyWUAb_LunDJ3NdKBfDD4pAAA/www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hENHpCMD39QR7QDoexKzPj39-ZPg?docId=563c0e3bbbc34dda9670f9a160a8ac40) .

I live within 6 miles of a nuclear power station, i.e. well within the evacuation zone imposed after Fukushima and significantly closer than the areas polluted by high levels of long lived radioactive caesium following both Chernobyl and Fukushima

(see Wall Street Journal http://www.facebook.com/l/oAQBEAHpnAQCZRtzD1EniJ6ziQ01gInT3IYhjMrj7P2tFbA/online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904332804576540131142824362.html.

If faith in the nuclear industry following Fukushima is to be restored the public need to be reassured that, in the case of a nuclear accident, resilient contingency plans are in place. There is no evidence that such plans for the Sizewell power station in Suffolk have every been tested and there is great doubt whether the proposed evacuation plan is realistic or achievable. There is also doubt about the provision of iodine for young children and uncertainty in the minds of the public about what the evacuation procedures are and where stocks of iodine tablets are held. I believe that the UK should follow the US in insisting that the industry examines these evacuation timescales and commits to achieving them and that these plans should be linked to the provision of iodine, which, after a radiation release can save many young peoples' lives. Does the Department for Energy and Climate Change, who are such strong advocates of nuclear technology, agree that this should be the case and if so how are they going to ensure that the relevant action is taken.