Reports and briefings
NFLA Briefings
No. 62, Planning White Paper: Steamroller for Major Infrastructure Projects, 2 July 2007
No. 59 Summary of NFLA AGM, Civic Hall, Leeds, 7 December 2006
No. 58 UK Nuclear Weapons Policy, January 2007
No. 54, April 2006, Terrorism and New Nuclear Power Stations
No. 51, January 2006, Summary of NFLA AGM, Town Hall, Manchester, 3 November 2005
No. 50, October 2005, All Ireland NFLA Forum Launched
A164
(NB48) Summary of the main points from the NFLA Steering Committee
Meeting, Town Hall, Slough, 24 June 2005, Aug 05 4pp
Issues
covered: Publication of the Nirex sites list, Committee on Radioactive
Waste Management, Proposed transport of waste from Dounreay to Drigg,
HSE Guidance on Environmental Impact Assessment, Nuclear Decommissioning
Authority, New Nuclear Build: Developments, Access to Information and
Civil Liberties, Mayors for Peace, Nuclear Weapons Programme, AGM & Annual
Policy Briefing, Manchester, 3-4 November 2005,
Draft Finance Report
A163(NB47)
Main points from the NFLA Steering Committee Meeting Slough Town
Hall, 24 June 2005 1pp Jun 05
Issues
covered: Publication of the ‘Nirex Shortlist,’ Update on Radioactive
Waste Management Policy, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), New
Nuclear Build Developments, Mayors for Peace, Draft Finance Report,
NFLA Development Adviser, AGM & Annual Policy Briefing, 8th Joint
Irish & UK Local Authorities Conference on Nuclear Hazards, 23-24
March 2006,
A162(NB46)
Briefing on the Nirex lists of sites for a radioactive waste repository
9pp Jun 05
This
briefing is intended to advise local authorities regarding the long
list of 537 and the short list of 12 potential sites for a radioactive
waste facility compiled by Nirex in the late 1980s but only made public
on 10 June 2005. NFLAs consider the sites on these lists (a) are very
relevant to current discussions on how and where to manage existing
radioactive waste and (b) will be equally relevant for the establishment
of any second site for the management of any future radioactive waste
from any new programme of nuclear reactors or nuclear weapons. It considers
the background to release of the list; the manner in which the lists
were compiled; and implications of the release of the lists for local
authorities.
A161(NB45)
7th UK and Irish Standing Conference on Nuclear Hazards 10th - 11th
March 2005, Drogheda. Nuclear Energy: Does it Have a Future? 3pp
May 05
The
Conference was held against a background of press speculation that
the UK Government is ready to launch a new nuclear power programme,
if re-elected on 5th May. Officially, the Government’s position remains
that, although the nuclear option cannot be ruled out, there are no
proposals to build more reactors.
A160
(NB44) Summary of the main points from the NFLA Steering Committee
Meeting, Westcourt Hotel, Drogheda, Ireland, 11 March 2005 4pp May
05
Issues
covered: Nuclear energy: does it have a future?, Committee on
Radioactive Waste Management, Interim Storage of Laid Up Submarines
(ISOLUS), Committee Examining the Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters,
Nirex, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Annual Plan, Local Government
Special Interest Group, Planning and National Security, Mayors for
Peace Working Group,
A159(NB43)
Radiation Risks: The CERRIE Report, October 2004
A159
Annex
CERRIE (Committee Examining the Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters) was
established in December 2001 by the previous Environment Minister, Michael
Meacher MP, to look into the risks posed by internal radiation.
Implicit in the Committees terms of reference was the need to examine a number of hypotheses including those that suggested the effects of low levels of radiation were hundreds of times greater than currently recognised by official bodies
A158(NB42)
Powerful connections: How nuclear energy finds its way into the Irish
electricity grid. March 2005 pp4
Summary: Electricity is
traded between the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the
United Kingdom mainland, and Europe through
the Moyle interconnector which links Scotland
and Northern Ireland and a network of further
interconnector cables. This network allows
electricity generated at nuclear power stations
to enter the supply networks in Northern Ireland
and the Republic.
However, the interconnector network also provides the potential to allow renewable
energy generated in Ireland to be exported to the United Kingdom mainland.
A157(NB41)Summary
of the main points from the NFLA Steering Committee Meeting, Guildhall,
Hull, 14 October 2004 4pp. Jan. 05
Issues Covered: Nuclear ‘Legacy’ Issues, Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) ‘Substitution.’ Consultation,
The Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee (RWMAC), The Government
Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM), Interim Storage Of Laid
Up (nuclear) Submarines (ISOLUS), UK Nirex Ltd, Sellafield Discharge Authorisation,
Dounreay, New Nuclear Build, Justification of Practices Involving Ionising
Radiation Regulations 2004, Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive, Decommissioning
of the UK Nuclear Industry’s Facilities: Policy Statement, Freedom of Information.
A156(NB40)
Summary of NFLA AGM, Guildhall, Hull, 14 October 2004 4pp Jan. 05 Summary
of NFLA AGM, Guildhall, Hull, 14 October 2004
Issues Covered: Election
of Chair and Vice Chairs, Annual Report, English Forum, Scottish
Steering Committee, Wales Forum, New NFLA Development
Adviser, Financial
Report, Status of NFLA support.
A155
(NB39) 23 August 2004, Summary of the main points from the NFLA Steering
Committee Meeting, Town Hall, Manchester, 9 July 2004
Issues Covered: Solid Radioactive Waste Management Policy, (ISOLUS,
Nirex shortlist and Dounreay) Local Government Association Special Interest
Group
on Radioactive Waste Management & Nuclear Decommissioning, New Nuclear
Build, HSE Consultation on Criteria for Delicensing Nuclear Sites, DTI Consultation
on Radioactive Waste, ‘Substitution,’ Mayors for Peace, Aldermaston: Notice
of Proposed Planning Development, 2004 NFLA AGM & Annual Policy Briefing:
Hull 14-15 October 2004, Draft text of letter for use in lobbying local MPs
to support NFLA policy towards new nuclear build in the UK
A154
(NB38), Summary of the main points from the NFLA Steering Committee
Meeting, City Chambers, Glasgow, 26 March 2004
Issues Covered: Solid Radioactive Waste
Management Policy, International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) Draft Guidance on Exemption &Clearance
of Radioactively Contaminated Materials, BNFL
Springfields: Consultation, DTI Decommissioning
Policy: Consultation Response, Mayors' Nuclear
Non Proliferation Initiative, Aldermaston:
Notice of Proposed Planning Development, Joint
Irish and UK Local Authorities Conference on
Nuclear Hazards, Glasgow City Council Conference
Facilities, 25 - 26 March 2004, Annual Policy
Briefing: Hull 14-15 October 2004: Draft
Programme, Legal Adviser's Progress Report,
Diary Dates
A153(NB37)
Environment Agency Consultation on Radioactive Discharges from the
Springfields Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Plant
Introduction: This
briefing asks NFLA member authorities to respond to the above
consultation.
BNFL Springfields near Preston, Lancashire,
makes fuel primarily for UK nuclear power stations.
This entails discharges of radioactive waste
to the River Ribble
and to air, and disposals of solid radioactive wastes to local landfill. These
actions are controlled by an Environment Agency authorisation. This is to be
replaced. The Agency's proposals can be downloaded from
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/yourenv/consultations
The Agency seeks views by 19 March 2004. These
should be sent to:
springfieldsreview@environment-agency.gov.uk
Different fuels are manufactured at Springfields
but this briefing focuses on Magnox fuel fabrication.
A152
(NB36) Summary of NFLA AGM, Town Hall, Manchester, 17 October 2003
Issues Covered: Election of Chair and Vice
Chairs, Annual Report, English Forum, Scottish
Steering Committee, Wales Forum and
Financial Report
A151
(NB35) Summary of the main points from the NFLA Steering Committee
Meeting, Town Hall, Manchester, 16 October 2003
Issues Covered: Solid Radioactive Waste Management
Policy,Consultation on Radioactive Discharges
from Faslane Nuclear Submarine Base, Consultation
on Land Storage
of Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines, Radioactive Waste Transportation, NFLA
Forum Reports, NFLA Finance and Development Working Group Meeting, Mayors for
Peace Executive Conference, Town Hall, Manchester 17 - 18 October 2003, Progress
Reportand Diary Dates
A149(NB33)
30 April 2003, Action to End Radioactive Waste Discharges to Sea
from Sellafield
Introduction: The NFLA-organised 5th
Irish and UK Local Authorities Standing Conference
on Nuclear Hazards met in Cork between 20 -
21 March 2003 at the invitation of Cork City
Council. The NFLA Legal Adviser provided a
presentation on opportunities for local authority
action on radioactive marine discharges to
sea from Sellafield.
A148(NB32)
DTI/DEFRA consultation on Euratom ‘Nuclear Package’ Directives
Background: At the joint Irish and UK Local Authorities Conference
on Nuclear Hazards, Cork 20 - 21 March 2003, the Head of the EURATOM
Co-ordination and Nuclear Safety Unit, Mrs Nina Commeau, summarised
the 'nuclear package' (proposed EURATOM Directives and other measures)
referring to the Directives on nuclear safety and radioactive waste
management.
A147(NB31)
Summary of main points from the NFLA Steering Committee Meeting,
City Hall, Cork, 21st March 2003
Issues Covered: NFLA Policy and Organisational
Review, Government Energy Policy Review, Radioactive
Waste Management, Radioactive Sources and Contaminated
Metals, UK and Irish Conference on Nuclear
Hazards, 20-21 March 2003, Nuclear Security
and International Terrorism and Local Councils
and the Iraq Crisis.
A146(NB30)
Summary of main points from the NFLA Steering Committee Meeting
Issues Covered: Emergency Planning, Government
Energy Policy Review, Radioactive Waste Management,
Liabilities Management Authority/Nuclear Decommissioning
Authority, Trawsfynydd Public Inquiry, British
Energy's Financial Crisis, UK and Irish Conference
on Nuclear Hazards, 20-21 March 2003, NFLA
Policy and Organisational Review, Health Scrutiny
and Missile Defence.
A145(NB29)
13 February 2003, British Nuclear Test Veterans
Introduction: The NFLA Steering Committee meeting on 17 January
2003 received a paper about the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association's
campaign to persuade the Ministry of Defence to accept responsibility
for, and compensate for, diseases likely to have been caused by exposures
to atmospheric nuclear weapon test explosions in the 1950s and 1960s.
A144
(NB28) Developing UK Policy for Radioactive Waste Management NFLA
Annual Policy Briefing, The Centre, Slough, 18 October 2002. 4pp
Introduction: The NFLA Annual Conference
was replaced in 2002 with a half day Annual
Policy Briefing designed to bring a sharper
focus to NFLA policy
discussion. The new format was well received by some 50 delegates from about
30 local authorities across the UK. Proceedings were also clearly enhanced
by the quality of speakers and the clarity of their presentations. The highlight
of the programme was the address by the Environment Minister, the Rt Hon Michael
Meacher MP. His presentation is copied below together with key points from
the other speakers: Fred Barker, Policy Adviser to NFLAs and a member of the
Government's Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee; Stephen Spivey,
DTI team working on the creation of a new public body to take charge of, and
manage the clean up of, nuclear sites currently owned by British Nuclear Fuels
Ltd (BNFL) and the UK Atomic Energy Authority; and David Bonser, the BNFL Director
leading preparations for the transfer of Company assets to the new body - the
Liabilities Management Authority. The meeting opened with a welcome by the
Mayor of Slough, Cllr Satpal Singh Parma and an introduction by the NFLA Chair,
Cllr Ken Wyatt JP, Rotherham MBC.
A143
(NB27) Summary of NFLA AGM, The Centre, Slough, 18 October 2002
Issues
Covered: Election of Chair and Vice Chairs, Annual Report, Financial
Report, Membership
A142
(NB26) Summary of main points from the NFLA Steering Committee Meeting,
The Centre, Slough, 17 October 2002
Issues covered: Radioactive Waste Management
Policy, Liabilities Management, Energy Review,
British Energy State Aid, British nuclear industry
insurance against terrorism, Trawsfynydd Inquiry
and other Decommissioning Developments, Radioactive
Discharges, Nuclear Emergency Planning, AWE
Aldermaston, Radioactive Scrap, Modernising
Planning, World Summit on Sustainable Development,
Mayors for Peace Forum.
A141
(NB25) Summary of main points from the NFLA Steering Committee Meeting,Manchester
Town Hall, 28 June 2002
Issues covered AGM & Annual Policy Briefing,
Slough, Berkshire, 18 October 2002, Liabilities
Management Authority, BNFL Restructure,
Radioactive Waste Management Policy, Government
Energy Review, Nuclear Plant Accidents,
Streamlining the Planning System: Consultation,
Trawsfynydd Inquiry and other Decommissioning
Developments, Control of radioactive sources, Depleted Uranium Hazards, Radiological
protection: the justification of practice and Government Ministers' role, Nuclear
submarine decommissioning, Threatened Use of Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Testing,
Ballistic
Missile Defence, Peace and Sustainability, Municipalities for Peace: Resolution,
Kashmir Nuclear Crisis.
A140
(NB24) Kashmir Nuclear Crisis
At its height in early June the crisis was likened to the 1962 nuclear
stand off between the USA and the then USSR over Cuba. Hostility
between India and Pakistan brought these countries very close to
a devastating nuclear conflict that would have reverberated around
the Globe. Communities here, particularly those with family
ties to the Indian sub-continent, and the local authorities which
serve them, would have been deeply affected. Nuclear war on the Indian
sub-continent would have counted its casualties in millions. A massive
international humanitarian response would have been required. Social
dislocation and population movement from the Indian sub-continent
could have been expected, and a fragile international economy would
have been further shaken. Overlaid on this would have been
an environmental disaster - including the injection of large volumes
of radioactive debris into the atmosphere which would eventually
encircled the earth ...
A139
Summary of main points from the NFLA Steering Committee Meeting,_De Valence
Pavilion, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, 22 March 2002 4pp
Issues covered: 4th Irish & UK Conference
on Nuclear Hazards, 21-22 March 2002, Tenby,
Pembrokeshire, Wales, BNFL Update& Nuclear
Liabilities Consultation, Government Energy
Review Consultation, Radioactive Waste Management
Policy Consultation,
Streamlining the Planning System in England:
DTLR Consultation, Decommissioning Developments,
NFLA Organisational Review, 2002 AGM and Annual
Policy Briefing, Slough, Berkshire, 17 -18
October 2002, International Issues, Submission
from the NFLA Secretariat to the MoD consultation
on the Strategic Defence Review New Chapter,
Representations by Mayors for Peace to President Bush and Prime Minister Blair about
sub critical nuclear weapons testing. Nuclear
Weapons, Iraq and First Use.
A138
Summary of main points from the NFLA Steering Committee Meeting,
Manchester Town Hall, 11 January 2002
Issues covered: NFLA Organisational Review,
Nuclear Security, Energy Review, Radioactive
Waste Management Policy, BNFL Update,
Streamlining Planning, Progress Report.
A137
Prospects for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Ben Sanders 4pp Dec
01
A summary of A136
A136 UK NUCLEAR FREE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2001 Glasgow, 25 October 2001, Plutonium and Proliferation: Risk Assessment, Ben Sanders, 12pp Oct 01
A135
Speech at the General Assembly of the Nuclear Free Local Authorities October
25, 2001 in Glasgow, UK.
Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor, City of Hiroshima 7pp
plus A135a Tadatoshi Akiba's biographical note
1pp
A134
Summary of main points from the NFLA Steering Committee Meeting,
Glasgow City Chambers, 24 October 2001, 4 pp Dec 01
Issues included: NFLA Organisational Review, Nuclear Terrorism, Energy Review,
Radioactive Waste Management Policy, BNFL Update,
Emergency Planning, UK-Irish Conference on Nuclear Hazards, Tenby, Pembrokeshire
21-22 March 2002, Progress Report
A133
Summary of the NFLA AGM, CIty Chambers, Glasgow,
26 October 2001 2pp Nov 01
Issues included: Annual Report, Financial Report, Membership, Election
of Chair and Vice Chairs, Resolutions: Attacks on
America, Sellafield MOX Plant.
A132 Summary of NFLA Policy Work in the Twelve months to the October 2001 NFLA AGM 2pp Nov 01
A131
Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation October 2001 4pp Oct 01
...In recent years concern about nuclear transportation has heightened
in the wake of a number of serious accidents on the
rail network. This concern is likely to be compounded by BNFL's
recent decision, reported last month, to increase transport
speeds from a maximum 45mph to 60mph - twice the speed of a nuclear fuel flask
impact test ...
A130
Summary of main points from the NFLA steering committee 29 June 2001
Issues included: Dounreay, New Nuclear Build,
BNFL update, Sellafield MOX Plant, Stakeholder
Dialogue, EA Technetium-99 Abatement Consultation,
Radioactive Waste Management Policy, UK Nirex
Ltd, EU COWAM Project, ISOLUS: Decommissioned
Nuclear Powered Submarines, Government Policy
Consultation Paper, Stakeholder Dialogue: Remediation
of Radioactively Contaminated Land, Stakeholder
Dialogue: Policy Towards Nuclear Site Decommissioning,
Control of Radioactive Scrap Metals, Publication
of Contaminated Scrap Briefing, Seminars, Further
developments, UK National Response Plan, Depleted
Uranium: Developments, US Ballistic Missile
Defence: Local Authority Issues, Progress Report.
A129
Summary of main points from the NFLA Steering Committee Meeting,
Manchester Town Hall, 29 March 2001 4pp May 01
Issues included, BNFL update, Storage of Highly
Active Wastes, Sellafield MOX Plant, Technetium-99
Abatement Consultation, Radioactive Waste Management
Policy,
Government Consultative Paper, EU COWAM (COmmunities & nuclear WAste Management)
Concerted Action, Control of Radioactive Scrap Metals, US Ballistic Missile
Defence: Local Authority Issues, 5th World Conference of Mayors for Peace,
NFLA Annual Conference 2001: Draft Programme, Arms Conversion Project, Progress
Report, k
A128
(NB10) Missile Defence and Space Weapons 4 pp May 01
The next few years are likely to see changes in American foreign
policy with implications at regional, national and local levels.
The focus of US attention is turning to Asia and China (now viewed
as the prime Global competitor). American forces are likely to be
restructured with more resources directed to the development of missile
defences and Space based weapons. This will be to protect Space assets
(both commercial and military), protect Global commercial interests
and for military power projection.
A127
Consultation: Sellafield Plutonium Mixed Oxide Fuel Plant 6 pp
May 01
The DETR and the Department of Health seek views on the economic case for
allowing the Sellafield Plutonium Mixed-Oxide (MOX) fuel Plant (SMP)
to operate. The Departments have curtailed the usual period for consultation.
The NFLAs oppose the SMP on environmental, non-proliferation and economic grounds. This has been argued in three prior consultations. Operating the SMP would only be lawful if its disadvantages were offset by sufficient advantages: in particular can the SMP generate sufficient business to cover its costs including decommissioning the plant and managing its waste? ...
A126
Sellafield: Technetium-99 Marine Pollution
The Environment Agency for England and Wales is responsible for deciding
whether BNFL is to be allowed to continue discharging technetium-99
(Tc-99) into the Irish and North Seas. Tc-99 is a radioactive element
arising mainly from Magnox nuclear fuel reprocessing. Tc-99 from
Sellafield is significant because:
- it has a half-life of 213,000 years;
- Sellafield alone has discharged ten times
more Tc-99 than resulted from above-ground
nuclear weapons testing;
- it is already detectable at very long distances from the point of discharge;
- lobsters in the Irish Sea have been contaminated by Tc-99 to levels that
would make their sale for consumption unlawful in the event of a nuclear emergency
...
A125b
Statutory Guidance on the Regulation (by the Environment Agency)
of Radioactive Discharges into the Environment from Nuclear Licensed
Sites. December 2000 4pp
On 23 November 2000 the Government published
a consultation paper setting out proposals
for Statutory Guidance to the Environment Agency. The
purpose of the Guidance is to identify factors
which the Environment Agency must consider
when setting discharge levels ... Keeping radioactive waste to a minimum must
be the key to reducing discharges... Each case will be considered on its merits
but the presumption now will be that discharges should be minimised by requiring
radioactivity to be trapped and immobilised for subsequent storage or treatment,
rather than discharged into the environment ... The Guidance will encourage
operators to keep their discharges to a minimum by setting strict limits on
how much they can discharge...
A125a
(NB7) Summary of Main Points from NFLA Steering Committee
15 December 2000 Dec. 00
Issues Covered, BNFL update, Magnox Reactors and Reprocessing, Stakeholder
Dialogue, Storage of Highly Active Wastes, EA Technetium-99 Abatement Consultation,
Dounreay, Radioactive Waste Management Policy, Control of Radioactive Scrap
Metals, Recycling Radioactively Contaminated Soil, Consultations i) Environment
Agency: Discharges of Radioactive Waste to the Environment - Principles
for the Assessment of Public Doses; ii) DETR: Statutory Guidance on the
Regulation of Radioactive
Discharges in the Environment from Nuclear
Licensed Sites, Debate on New Nuclear Stations,
4th UK & Irish Councils' Meeting on Nuclear
Hazards, City Hall, Cork 29 - 30 March 2001
...
A125
Summary of NFLA AGM 2000
Issues Covered: Annual Report, Financial Report, Membership, Election
of Chair and Vice Chairs, Resolutions: 1. Nuclear Power & Climate
Change, 2. Renewable Capacity, 3. National Missile Defence
A124
Report on the Annual Conference 2000
Summary of presentations by Eryl McNally MEP: President, European
Forum for Renewable Energy Sources & Socialist Co-ordinator for
the European Parliament's Industry Committee, Dr Merylyn McKenzie
Hedger: Head of UK Climate Impacts Programme Environmental Change
Unit, Oxford University, Aubrey Meyer: Global Commons Institute,
Ashok Sinha: Solar Energy Consultant, David Still: General Manager,
AMEC Border Wind, Stewart Boyle: Freelance Writer and Energy Consultant,
speaking on behalf of the Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Association,
Martin Fodor: Policy Co-ordination Officer (Sustainable Development),
Dr Chris Naish: AEA Technology, Yves Marignac: Deputy Director, World
Information Service on Energy, Paris
A123
Consultations and Dialogues involving NFLA staff
NFLA Secretariat staff are increasingly being asked to engage in
consultations and dialogues designed to identify publicly acceptable
policies on a range of nuclear issues with implications for the health
and safety of the public and the environment. This note provides
a short briefing on current commitments, which are valuable, hopefully
influential, but not always very visible, so that Members and Officers
are aware of Dialogues include BNFL Stakeholder Dialogue, Nirex,
DETR, MoD, Food Standards Agency, European Commission, Contaminated
Land, ritten Consultations
A122
Summary of main points from the NFLA Steering Committee Meeting,13
September 2000
Issues covered BNFL Update, Storage of highly
active wastes, Magnox Stations and Reprocessing,
BNFL Stakeholder Dialogue, Environment Agency
Publication: Response to comments on the scope
and methodology for the full re-examination
of the Sellafield authorisation for the disposal
of radioactive waste, Dounreay Consultation,
Radioactive Waste Management Policy, Government
Green Paper on Future Policy, Decommissioned
Nuclear Powered Submarines, Control of Radioactive
Scrap Metals, AWE Aldermaston, Nuclear Transportation
and Emergency Planning ,Nuclear Materials Transportation,
Draft Radiation Emergency Planning and Public
Information Regulations (REPPIR), Funding Local
Authority Emergency Planning, Access to information
about licensed nuclear sites and sites authorised
for the disposal of nuclear wastes.
A121
Notes of meeting between NIREX and NFLA 14 July 2000 Reading
Jul. 00
Meeting was held in the Kennet Room of the Reading Civic Centre and Ken
Wyatt introduced Chris Murray and John Dalton.
A120
Radioactive Scrap Metals (4 pp.) Jul. 00
This briefing note is based on a fully annoted 15 page status report
on the increasing incidents and dangers of radioactive sources and
contaminated metals entering the feed stock of the metals recycling
industry. This trend is recognised by the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA), World Customs Organisation, Interpol, the European
Commission and regulatory agencies here.
Failure to prevent sources and contaminated materials entering the
feed stock results in a heavy financial cost being carried by the
metals recycling industry
and a radiological hazard to workers, the public and the environment ...
A118
Aircraft Hazards to Nuclear Power Stations: Implications of the Tornado
Crash 17 November 199, Malcolm Spaven (4 pp.) Dec. 99
This briefing reviews the safety implications of
the crash of an RAF Tornado fighter aircraft in the
vicinity of the British
Energy Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor nuclear power station at Torness, East
Lothian, on 17 November 1999 ...
A99
High Level Radioactive Liquid Waste at Sellafield: Risks, Alternative
Options and Lessons for Policy Executive Summary of
an IRSS Report. Dr Gordon Thompson June 1998
6pp
The Institute for Resource and Security Studies
(IRSS) has published an independent assessment
of risks and alternatives for a long-standing
practice at the Sellafield
site -- storage of high level radioactive waste (HLW) as a liquid. IRSS's assessment
is described in a June 1998 report which is supported by nine technical appendices.
Although IRSS's work has focused on risks and
alternatives for HLW management, the work has
necessarily addressed some related issues. IRSS
has examined the economics of nuclear fuel
reprocessing at Sellafield, the UK approach
to assessing nuclear activities and alternative
options, and the effectiveness of the UK Nuclear
Installations Inspectorate (NII) ...
B46
A Question of Insecurity: the Politics of Assessing Accident
Risks at Sellafield & La Hague - the Story of the STOA report,
21 March 2002 - Dr David Lowry 38pp
Introduction: Everyone will have had in their conference pack the
executive summary & general conclusions of the STOA report on:
POSSIBLE TOXIC EFFECTS FROM THE NUCLEAR REPROCESSING PLANTS AT SELLAFIELD
AND CAP DE LA HAGUE. I will discuss how this report has been the
subject of politicised
science in the six months or so since it was completed at the end of August
last year, following a year long study by nine expert authors based in the
UK, US & France. Several of the authors are - or have been ministerial
advisors - on the issues addressed in the report.
The expertise is unassailable.....but the conclusions
have certainly been challenged! Shortly after
the STOA report was handed over to the STOA
secretariat, the following press release was
issued by BNFL...