The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) publishes today a background briefing and suggested response for English Councils to a UK Atomic Agency (UKAEA) request to consider hosting an experimental nuclear fusion reactor. The UKAEA hopes it may deliver a commercially operating reactor design between 2040 and 2050. NFLA conclude that Councils should decline to take … [Continue Reading]
NFLA Scotland and NGOs raise serious concerns over the decision to restart the Hunterston B Reactor 3 for six months
Joint statement to the media from NFLA Scotland, Friends of the Earth Scotland, WWF Scotland, CND Scotland and the Nuclear Consulting Group The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) Scotland Forum have joined with the groups Friends of the Earth Scotland, WWF Scotland, CND Scotland and the Nuclear Consulting Group to raise serious concerns over the … [Continue Reading]
NFLA call on urgent MOD action to unblock the sorry delays over Dalgety Bay remediation and Rosyth submarine dismantling – Fife communities deserve better
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) Scotland Forum is very disappointed to hear that a further delay has taken place to the remediation of the Dalgety Bay shoreline, which contains significant radium contamination going back decades. It is now 9 years since the Ministry of Defence (MOD) promised to clear the area, and still core … [Continue Reading]
NFLA welcomes decisions made by Maldon and Colchester Councils in opposing the development of Bradwell B for ecological reasons
The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) welcomes recent decisions made by councillors in two different Essex councils which are likely to have an impact on the prospects for the proposed Bradwell B new nuclear reactor. The two decisions show the important bipartisan role local authorities can play in influencing UK and Irish … [Continue Reading]
NFLA highly concerned over serious incident involving the Explosive Ordinance Disposal team to remove chemicals from the Sellafield site
The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) is highly concerned to learn of the need for the Explosive Ordinance Disposal team to attend at the Sellafield site in Cumbria after an amount of organic peroxide, which has the potential to explode, was found requiring disposal on the site. (1) According to the UK … [Continue Reading]
Calling time on UK’s ageing nuclear power plants
Local authorities demand the closure of all the UK’s ageing nuclear power plants to protect both safety and the economy. By Paul Brown Climate News Network Read More
NFLA publishes report on the aging AGR nuclear reactor programme – it is time to close Hunterston B and Hinkley Point B and expand renewables
The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) publishes today a detailed report outlining the challenging problems besetting EDF’s existing Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR) nuclear power plants like Hunterston and Hinkley Point B and argues that the entire AGR fleet is likely to close considerably earlier than the operator or the UK Government would … [Continue Reading]
Nagasaki Peace Declaration read by the Mayor of Nagasaki Tomihisa Taue
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NFLA welcomes Ireland formally ratifying the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on the Hiroshima 75th anniversary
The NFLA All Ireland Sustainable Energy Forum, part of the UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) organisation, warmly welcomes the formal ratification by the Irish Government of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons today, on what is the 75th anniversary of the atomic weapon attack on Hiroshima. In an opinion piece … [Continue Reading]
Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2020 by Mayor Kazumi Matsui, Mayor of Hiroshima and President of Mayors for Peace
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