The UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) welcomes and fully supports the call made by prominent local authority leaders seeking new powers and resource as part of the challenge to mitigate climate change and reach net zero emissions as quickly as possible. In a joint communique signed by 32 civic leaders yesterday, there … [Continue Reading]
NFLA disappointed with Information Commission Tribunal’s decision not to allow publication of defence nuclear safety reports
The UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) is very disappointed with the decision of a tribunal appeal related to the Information Commissioner that has decided to not allow certain defence nuclear safety reports to be published, citing ‘national security’ grounds. As ‘The Ferret’ investigative journalism site has uncovered, annual reports by the Ministry … [Continue Reading]
NFLA, PAWB, CADNO and the Welsh Language Society submit a joint letter to Gwynedd councillors calling for a new joint development plan focused on protecting Welsh language speakers and moving away from big nuclear projects
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) Welsh Forum has joined with the groups PAWB (People Against Wylfa B), CADNO (the local group challenging proposed new nuclear developments at Trawsfynydd) and the Welsh Language Society to issue a letter to all Gwynedd County Councillors as they consider a review of its Joint Local Development Plan (JLDP). … [Continue Reading]
Mae NFLA, PAWB, CADNO a Chymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg yn cyflwyno llythyr ar y cyd at gynghorwyr Gwynedd yn galw am gynllun datblygu ar y cyd newydd sy’n canolbwyntio ar amddiffyn siaradwyr Cymraeg a symud i ffwrdd o brosiectau niwclear mawr
Datganiad cyfryngau NFLA Mae Fforwm Cymru Awdurdodau Lleol Niwclear (NFLA) wedi ymuno â’r grwpiau PAWB (Pobl yn Erbyn Wylfa B), CADNO (y grŵp lleol sy’n herio’r newydd ar gyfer niwclear newydd yn Trawsfynydd) a Chymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg i gyhoeddi llythyr i holl Gynghorwyr Sir Gwynedd wrth iddynt ystyried adolygiad o’i Gynllun Datblygu Lleol ar … [Continue Reading]
NFLA publishes comprehensive briefing on the wide range and large number of nuclear transports by road, rail, sea and air
The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) today publishes a detailed analysis considering the wide range and large number of transports of nuclear materials around the UK and Europe, and from the UK to other countries. (1) The report highlights nuclear transports are continuing to increase and remain a concern from the perspective … [Continue Reading]
What actually happened at Taishan? NFLA call on nuclear regulator to carefully investigate possible radioactive leak and its implications for Hinkley C & Sizewell C
The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) is concerned to read many contradictory reports over what has been called a ‘radioactive leak’ by some and ‘performance issues’ by others at the Taishan nuclear plant some 100kms from Hong Kong in the Guangdong region of China. NFLA has written to the UK nuclear regulatory, … [Continue Reading]
NFLA publishes report on UK plutonium policy amid new concerns over plutonium remobilisation in the Irish Sea
The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) publishes today on its website an expert overview of national plutonium policy and recent concerns over the potential for plutonium remobilisation in the Irish Sea. (1) The report was developed by the NFLA Policy Advisor, Pete Roche, and was first published on the website ‘No2nuclearpower.org.uk’. (2) … [Continue Reading]
NFLA notes EDF’s decision to move to defuelling of the Dungeness nuclear site is evidence of the fragility of the existing aging nuclear fleet
The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) notes EDF’s decision to move Dungeness B nuclear power station in Kent into a defuelling phase with immediate effect. With Hunterston B and Hinkley Point B closing in 2022, it is clear the aging Advanced Gas Reactor fleet is coming to its end much earlier than … [Continue Reading]
NFLA welcomes ICAN report that shows the UK is spending £8300 a minute on its nuclear weapons programme; whilst it also welcomes the upcoming first Mayors for Peace European Chapter board meeting
The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) welcomes a detailed ICAN report that outlines vast increases in spending on nuclear weapons programmes by the existing nuclear weapon states. The report calculates that the UK Government spent effectively £8300 a minute throughout 2020 on the Trident nuclear weapons programme. This is at a time … [Continue Reading]
NFLA publishes new report on how councils across the UK & Ireland can tackle the climate emergency in a post-pandemic era
The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) publishes today a detailed analysis of how councils should develop their climate emergency plans as all parts of the British and Irish Isles starts to come out of the Covid-19 pandemic. (1) There needs to a step-change of decentralisation to give local government the policy tools … [Continue Reading]