The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) supports today a joint international statement organised by the International Peace Bureau (IPB) that calls for future spending to be prioritised on healthcare rather than military projects. (1) It comes as a new ICAN report highlights the huge levels of expenditure in 2019 on nuclear weapons. … [Continue Reading]
NFLA welcome the opening of the film ‘The Atom – a Love Affair’ as a way of having an open debate on the nuclear issue
The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) welcomes the premiere of a new film that seeks to promote debate on why nuclear power has remained so resilient and attractive to governments and many communities over many decades, whilst also considering its obvious limitations. ‘The Atom – A Love Affair’ is an informative documentary … [Continue Reading]
Torness nuclear reactors predicted to start cracking in 2022
Cracks that could increase the risk of a radioactive accident at Torness nuclear power station in East Lothian will start appearing six years sooner than previously thought, according to the UK government’s safety watchdog. Read More Rob Edwards, The Ferret, 6 May 2020
NFLA concerned that the Torness nuclear plant is given the go-ahead to operate for another decade despite safety reservations
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) Scotland Forum highlights quite concerning issues that arise from the publication of the Periodic Safety Review (PSR) for the Torness nuclear reactor in Lothian. The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has published its Project Assessment Report (PAR) and confirmed that EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Ltd has carried out an … [Continue Reading]
NFLA publishes analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on the nuclear sector and the climate crisis – could its aftermath be a welcome ‘green’ stimulus?
The UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) publishes today a detailed report considering the impact of the coronavirus, or Covid-19 as it is also known, on the nuclear sector, on the climate crisis and what government can do next to keep the economy moving through strong support of the low carbon, renewable sector. … [Continue Reading]
NFLA publishes its latest analysis of how Councils are tackling the climate emergency and what they need to meet their ambitious targets
The UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) publishes today its latest detailed analysis of how Councils across the British and Irish Isles are putting into place ambitious policies to tackle the climate emergency, including achieving zero-carbon considerably earlier than their own governments. The NFLA have developed a detailed suite of reports in the … [Continue Reading]
Sean Morris interview on ICAN Cities Appeal with Greater Manchester and District CND
On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, NFLA supports Abolition 2000’s statement addressing the climate, pandemic and nuclear weapons threat to our planetary survival
The UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) welcomes the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, established on the 22nd April to call for greater levels of environmental protection to protect our fragile planet. On this 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the Chair of the NFLA Steering Committee, Councillor David Blackburn has supported the following … [Continue Reading]
Joint statement made by a group of concerned anti-nuclear NGOs and the UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities over the ongoing construction work at Hinkley Point C in Somerset
A group of anti-nuclear Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) and the UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) remain highly alarmed that construction at the Hinkley Point C proposed new nuclear power station site is continuing, despite the extensive public lockdown and social distancing rules brought in across the UK. These groups call for construction at … [Continue Reading]
NFLA note the latest energy figures show that after the Covid-19 outbreak, a new green stimulus can, and should, focus on renewables over fossil fuels and new nuclear
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) welcome recent energy figures that show renewable energy is providing the large majority of our energy needs, just as an international study shows that 72% of new energy infrastructure built in 2019 was in the renewable sector. As the UK and Ireland comes out of the Covid-91 outbreak and … [Continue Reading]