The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) publishes on its website its model response to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s (NDA) Strategy 4 consultation, which outlines its core plans for the period 2021 -25. Whilst it welcomes some of the proposed plans, it makes a number of important recommendations for improvement. (1) The NDA was established in … [Continue Reading]
NFLA alarmed by the planned dumping of over 1 million tonnes of radioactively contaminated water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean – the Japanese Government needs to urgently reconsider this strategy
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) share the concern of many governments and international environmental groups of reports that the Japanese Government has approved for the dumping of over 1 million tonnes of radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. It outlines some of the core concerns around … [Continue Reading]
NFLA encourages the Planning Inspectorate, UK Government and nuclear regulatory agencies to carefully read the French auditors report on EDF’s EPR reactor failings; as new concerns over marine environmental protection at Hinkley Point come to light
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) seeks to publicise an important report recently published by the French public spending watchdog and promoted yesterday in the French media. It should be of real interest for the UK media, the UK Planning Inspectorate considering the Sizewell C reactor scheme, the UK Government and UK nuclear regulatory agencies. … [Continue Reading]
NFLA very concerned over the lack of communication from the Ministry of Defence over remediating the Dalgety Bay contaminated shoreline site
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) echoes the concern of Fife councillors, local MSPs and MPs, and even the environmental regulator SEPA with the lack of communication from the Ministry of Defence over the clean-up of the Dalgety Bay site. Parts of the Dalgety Bay shoreline in Fife have radioactive particles deriving from radium dials … [Continue Reading]
NFLA welcomes the Irish Climate Action Minister as keynote speaker to its autumn webinar – deep retrofitting, public transport, more renewables and the need for an All Ireland Land Use plan advocated by Eamon Ryan
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) welcomed an address by new Climate Action, Environment, Communications and Transport Minister Eamon Ryan, who was the keynote speaker at the NFLA All Ireland Sustainable Energy Forum autumn webinar held on the 25th September. At the meeting Eamon Ryan outlined the Government’s low carbon ambitions for the next decade … [Continue Reading]
NFLA notes the key findings of the 2020 World Nuclear Industry Status Report is of a nuclear industry in crisis and renewables rapidly growing to replace it
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) welcomes the 2020 edition of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report. This independent report is undertaken by a series of international experts from Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Lebanon/U.S. and the U.K, as well as from top think tanks like Chatham House in London and prestigious universities like Harvard in … [Continue Reading]
NFLA welcomes International Peace Day and the International Day to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons by supporting notable disarmament initiatives
The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) welcomes key disarmament initiatives to support the International Day of Peace today and the International Day to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, which takes place later this week. International Peace Day was instituted by the United Nations in 1981 and is dedicated to support the cause of world … [Continue Reading]
Mayors for Peace Chapter welcomes 2020 International Peace Day initiatives and support for the International Day for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
UK & Ireland Mayors, Provosts & Leaders for Peace Chapter The UK & Ireland Mayors, Provosts and Leaders for Peace Chapter welcomes national and international initiatives to support the International Day of Peace as we approach the 75th anniversary of the creation of the United Nations. International Peace Day was instituted by the United Nations … [Continue Reading]
Hitachi’s likely decision to give up on Wylfa B emphasises the huge financial problems in funding UK new nuclear
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) notes reports today in the Japanese media that Hitachi is shortly going to completely withdraw its interest in developing a new nuclear reactor site at Wylfa in Anglesey. The reports suggest that Hitachi does not believe the UK Government can provide enough financial support to help to develop the … [Continue Reading]
With the ‘Geiger Bay / Hinkley mud’ petition for a full Senedd debate at over 7,500 and rapidly rising, their serious concerns need to be taken seriously by Welsh politicians and environmental authorities
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) Welsh Forum welcome the work of a joint independent NGO and scientist campaign that calls for full openness, transparency and proper environmental monitoring around a second EDF Energy application to dump as much as 780,000 tonnes of sediment from the Hinkley Point site in Somerset to an area very … [Continue Reading]