The UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities were disappointed – though unsurprised – to hear that the Nuclear Minister Andrew Bowie has refused their request to withdraw the threat of a nuclear waste dump from Theddlethorpe. Nuclear Waste Services is the government funded body responsible for finding an eventual location for a Geological Disposal Facility, a … [Continue Reading]
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Nuclear Free Local Authorities call for NO new nuclear plants in national parks
The UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities have called on the UK Government to prevent future nuclear developments in national parks. The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero has just concluded a consultation on the criteria which should be used to determine the siting of new nuclear power stations. The NFLAs have joined with other … [Continue Reading]
A Tale of Two Search Areas: NFLAs protest unequal treatment of Theddlethorpe
Hot on the heels of the recent momentous decision taken by Councillors of the East Riding of Yorkshire to withdraw South Holderness as a potential location for a Geological Disposal Facility (a GDF, or nuclear waste dump), the NFLAs’ English Forum Chair has joined local activists, residents, and elected members in, and around, Theddlethorpe to … [Continue Reading]
Energy department insists no risk so no need for citizen science at nuke sites
Gratitude, but no cash, is the disappointing response from the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to the suggestion made in a letter first sent by the UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities and six campaign groups to the Secretary of State for Science Michelle Donelan that public funding be provided for citizen science … [Continue Reading]
Better late than never: Government finally follows NFLAs recommendation to pull out of Energy Charter Treaty
Twelve months after the UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities urged government ministers to pull out of the discredited Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Minister Graham Stuart has finally announced that the UK will do so. The NFLAs wrote to then Energy Secretary of State Grant Shapps on 13 February 2023 urging him to ‘finally shake itself … [Continue Reading]
Victory: NFLAs welcome Council vote on South Holderness nuke dump plan
The UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities have welcomed today’s (21 February) overwhelming decision by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council to withdraw South Holderness from further consideration as a potential location for a high-level radioactive waste dump. A motion was brought by South East Holderness Ward Councillor Sean McMaster to a meeting of the Full … [Continue Reading]
Holyrood Minister says there will be no Advanced Modular Reactors in Scotland
In a letter received by the Scottish Nuclear Free Local Authorities (SNFLAs), Energy Minister Gillian Martin has provided reassurance that the Scottish Government remains opposed to building any new nuclear power plants in Scotland ‘using current technologies’ and that this includes Small or Advanced Modular Reactors which also employ ‘traditional fission nuclear power’. In their … [Continue Reading]
Nuclear Free Local Authorities call on nuclear industry to spend more on social action
In response to a consultation by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, the UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities have called on nuclear industry bosses to spend more on projects delivering a positive social impact in communities hosting nuclear facilities. In its recently published Social Impacts and Communities Strategy, the NDA, which is the tax-payer funded body responsible … [Continue Reading]
More of the same: Advanced Modular Reactors a history of fantasy and failure
The Scottish Nuclear Free Local Authorities have written to key Scottish Government ministers with responsibility for energy policy and the nation’s response to climate change urging them not to fall for the rhetoric that so-called ‘Advanced Modular Reactors’ (AMRs) represent a step-change beyond the existing fission nuclear plants which have been plagued by failure. Scottish … [Continue Reading]
Energy Minister Stuart urged to support ‘copper-bottomed’ GDF referendums for all
The UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities have written to Energy Minister Graham Stuart urging him to ensure that all of the communities faced with the possibility of a nuclear waste dump are able to vote in a local referendum on whether they accept it. Nuclear Waste Services have recently announced that South Holderness in the … [Continue Reading]