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On Wednesday a convoy carrying the warheads and detonators headed through Northamptonshire as it travelled from the Burghfield Atomic Weapons Establishment near Reading to Coulport, Scotland. On its way, the trucks headed through Brackley and Towcester along the A43, before turning onto the Northampton stretch of the M1 and travelling north.
Northampton Chronicle 12th July 2019 read more »
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) has sent today its views on a planning application made by Magnox Sites Ltd / Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) permitting transports of intermediate level radioactive waste (ILW) from a number of Magnox sites to Hinkley Point A for interim storage. Magnox is seeking planning permission from Somerset County Council to move a small amount of waste to the Hinkley Point A (HPA) site for interim storage. The Company is asking for changes to the present legal situation to allow them to bring radioactive waste from other Magnox sites to the new Intermediate Waste Store being built at HPA. Magnox want to bring 110 Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) metal skips, cut up and delivered in 14 lorry loads. They say it will only take up the remaining 5% space of the store, with no room for any more. They say there is no room to build and expand the store for more waste. However, local resident campaign groups and the NFLA are concerned about the wording of the legal application which could, in theory, allow further imports beyond the proposed 14 lorry loads. Once a precedent has been set perhaps more waste imports could be proposed in future.
NFLA 4th July 2019 read more »
Join us in opposing the continued radioactive cargo on our railways. We will be outside the Kingmoor depot, Carlisle on Saturday 20th July (times tbc) handing out leaflets and showing our opposition to this deadly cargo which is given a thick, choking veneer of respectability with this DRS Charity Open Day.
Radiation Free Lakeland 2nd July 2019 read more »
The Bradwell Nuclear Transport Controversy. Regarding low level waste going to Drigg and Inbound ILW from Dungeness and Sizewell for storage at Bradwell. The Inbound ILW comes entirely by road, despite the existence of the Southminster Station Radioactive Waste Exchange Depot. The requirement to transport waste by rail doesn’t seem to be getting enforced.
BANNG 27th June 2019 read more »
THERE are two drop-in events being held on Tuesday, June 11 on proposals to transport nuclear waste through Bridgwater. Magnox Ltd currently operates the Hinkley Point A site near Stogursey, which includes a small area where nuclear waste is stored before being moved elsewhere for processing. The company has applied to Somerset County Council for permission to store waste from other nuclear power stations in the UK at the Hinkley site – which would involve moving it through Bridgwater on agreed routes.
This is the West Country 7th June 2019 read more »
BRIDGWATER residents only have a few days to have their say on proposals to transport nuclear waste through their town. Magnox Ltd currently operates the Hinkley Point A site near Stogursey, which includes a small area where nuclear waste is stored before being moved elsewhere for processing. The company has applied to Somerset County Council for permission to store waste from other nuclear power stations at the Hinkley site – which would involve moving it through Bridgwater on agreed routes.
Bridgwater Mercury 30th May 2019 read more »
Nuclear transportation at sea can be safely managed as long as shippers stringently comply with IMO and other international legislation, the head of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) has advised. Fears over the transportation of nuclear cargoes through Caribbean waters, particularly as a result of the expansion of the Panama Canal, were addressed during lively debates at a well-attended conference organised by the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica, recently. Rigorous international maritime legislation is in place to manage risk, ensure safety of life and protect the environment, explained Rear Admiral (ret’d) Peter Brady, MAJ Director General, during his keynote address.
Ship Management International 10th April 2019 read more »
Network Rail is investing the cash to replace 5,000 yards of ageing track between Silecroft and Bootle in West Cumbria to provide smoother, faster and more reliable journeys for passengers. This means that over the next six Sundays, buses will replace trains between Whitehaven and Millom while the railway is closed for the work. Eight mid-week nights, when trains aren’t running, will also be used to complete the upgrade.
Times and Star 3rd Jan 2019 read more »
IN HIS article on the burial of nuclear waste in ‘an atomic dustbin’, the Mail’s environment correspondent Colin Fernandez writes: ‘To provide an incentive to hosting the dumping ground, the selected area will be given between £1 million and £2.5 million a year for community projects.’ Though this financial offer by the Government has been dismissed as a bribe by campaigners in communities that fear they may be chosen, it would provide a measure of compensation. But ministers have refused to offer similar danger money to communities along the possibly extensive transport routes from the current location of the radioactive waste, to a facility where it would be processed, and then on to the deep underground disposal facility.
Daily Mail Letters 4th Jan 2019 read more »
A row erupted last week on whether or not Midlothian should remain a member of Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA). SNP councillor Joe Wallace had asked officers in August to ascertain whether or not Midlothian Council was a member. It was reported at last week’s full council meeting that Midlothian was a member and council had discussed its representation on the group in June 2017. The Conservatives last week questioned the cost of being a member, which in the current financial year is £1340. Councillor Andrew Hardie, who raised a motion to leave the NFLA which was then defeated, said: “It seems to be a waste of the limited resources we have. It doesn’t seem to have achieved anything.
Midlothian Advertiser 11th Oct 2018 read more »
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