The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) is dismayed to read a weekend article in the Guardian / Observer that the UK Government has committed itself to buying a new generation of Trident nuclear warheads to replace the current programme, based on US defence technology. NFLA are particularly concerned that the decision was revealed in the … [Continue Reading]
As EDF prepare for the next stage to develop Sizewell C, NFLA organise joint public meeting with local groups on the environmental and other risks from such a development
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) are aware of media reports which continue to suggest EDF is planning to put forward imminently a Development Consent Order so as to seek permission to develop the proposed Sizewell C reactor in Suffolk. (1) The nuclear industry is awaiting the UK Government’s response to its consultation on a … [Continue Reading]
NFLA is concerned of the environmental consequences for dumping huge new amounts of additional sediments and materials from the Hinkley Point site into the Cardiff Deep Grounds
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) is concerned of a new application to dump over 780,000 tonnes of material from the Hinkley Point site into the Bristol Channel at a site close to Cardiff Bay – the Cardiff Deep Grounds. The previous dumping of material led to a wide-scale campaign, which included the NFLA, leading … [Continue Reading]
As NFLA begins their 40th year as the principal local government voice on nuclear and energy issues, its latest meeting focuses on the crossroads within the civil and defence nuclear debates
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) held its 2019/20 Annual General Meeting and first Steering Committee of 2020 in Manchester, electing its Chair and reconfirming its National Vice Chairs. All four national NFLA Forums were represented at the meeting. Councillor David Blackburn was re-elected as the NFLA UK and Ireland Chairperson. Vice Chairs and Forum … [Continue Reading]
NFLA argue that large or small new nuclear reactors are not the answer to dealing with the huge challenge of decarbonisation
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) has noted substantial media coverage from the nuclear industry after the general election extolling the need for the new UK Government to build both large and small new nuclear reactors. It is to be expected, as it is a well-financed, highly effective lobby and it is a sector in … [Continue Reading]
NFLA welcomes resolutions passed by East Ayrshire and Oxford Councils supporting the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) welcomes the passing of resolutions by East Ayrshire Council and Oxford City Council at recent meetings that support the multilateral Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) as the most effective way forward to a world free of such weapons. NFLA and Mayors for Peace member East Ayrshire … [Continue Reading]
NFLA welcomes report from Professor Steve Thomas that highlights the huge financial difficulties for EDF in building Hinkley Point C
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) welcomes a report published today by Professor Steve Thomas that highlights the huge financial obstacles that EDF Energy still has to overcome to deliver and develop the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset. (1) The report comes out of a talk given by Steve Thomas, an Emeritus … [Continue Reading]
NFLA outlines the top 10 actions Councils need to undertake to tackle the ‘climate emergency’
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) publishes today its top ten actions that Councils need to undertake as part of their local response to deal with the climate emergency. (1) With over 250 Councils in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland passing specific ‘climate emergency’ resolutions, and many more devising low … [Continue Reading]
NFLA submits its views on the Environment Agency Draft Decision on Sellafield Discharges Environmental Permit – reductions in site discharge limits are going in the right direction but vigilance is required in the future
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) has submitted today its views on the Environment Agency’s Draft Decision Document on Sellafield’s Environmental Permit for Radioactive Discharges. While the NFLA is encouraged by reductions in the discharge limits there remains concern for the future. There are also additional concerns over the impact discharges have had to the … [Continue Reading]
NFLA All Ireland Sustainable Energy Forum welcomes the declaration of the ‘Dáil Youth Assembly on Climate’ and encourages its implementation at the local and national level
The NFLA All Ireland Sustainable Energy Forum, which was recently relaunched in its new guise last month, (1) welcomes the clear thinking and dynamic declaration that was made by a special ‘Youth Assembly on Climate’ held in the Dail recently. The politics of Ireland has been transformed in recent months by the acknowledgement of the … [Continue Reading]